In the boreal forests of northern Minnesota, the trees wear beards

With wispy tufts that drape trees like haunted-house cobwebs, old man’s beard lichen can be an unexpected sight in northern ...
SpaceNews

ESA leads the way to map boreal forest

How best to map ‘boreal’ or northern forest with spaceborne radar is the focus of an ESA campaign currently underway in northern Sweden. By answering this question, the campaign addresses one of the ...
Science Daily

Boreal forest and tundra regions worst hit over next 500 years of climate change, study shows

Modelling climate change over a 500 year period shows that much of the boreal forest, the Earth's northernmost forests and most significant provider of carbon storage and clean water, could be ...
The Conversation

Protecting boreal plant species is a critical part of reconciliation efforts

Janelle Marie Baker receives funding from ECCC, the Arctic Connections Fund, CIHR, SSHRC, NSERC, and Athabasca University. Labrador Tea, fireweed, chokecherry and raspberry are some of the boreal ...

Don’t wipe your tush with the boreal

Brian Rodgers is on a mission to save forests — by making documentaries about the companies destroying them.
KXAN

Boreal Forests Down the Toilet: New report documents the climate consequences of clearcutting Canada's vanishing forests for tissue paper and paper towels

SEATTLE, July 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a new report, the NGO Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) estimates that clearcutting over 32,000 acres of boreal forests in Ontario to produce pulp for ...