The tundra-taiga zone is considered not only as a natural ecotone, but as a unique fringe zone with socioeconomic peculiarities. This holistic approach enables us to analyze several significant types ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. Although wildfire is the main natural disturbance factor driving changes in the North American boreal forest, understanding how the fire ...

Boreal forest covers much of central Alaska. Taiga, as this forest is called, is composed of dense black spruce forests and a mosaic of other forest trees. Aspen and birch thrive on south-facing ...

A new study has introduced a powerful tool for analyzing satellite imagery of boreal forests (also known as “Taiga” in North America), offering unprecedented insights into the health and dynamics of ...

MOSCOW, October 11. /TASS/ Researchers from the Siberian Federal University (SibFU) and the Russian Academy of Science’s Laboratory of Forest Monitoring at Institute of Forest have succeeded in ...

Moraine Lake is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Credit - Charlesdp8, CC SA 4.0. Moraine Lake is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Credit - Charlesdp8, CC SA 4.0. Warmer ...

Cool vegetation: A study in the Finnish taiga has shown that plants have a cooling effect as temperatures increase. (Courtesy: Kallerna/CC BY-SA 3.0) Researchers in Finland have observed a ...

At a conference Monday, 1500 prominent scientists called for protection of Canada’s boreal forest, one of the largest intact forest and wetland ecosystems remaining on the planet. “The extraordinary ...

LAXENBURG, Austria, Aug. 21 (UPI) --The loss of forest mostly calls to mind the clearing of precious rainforests, but a less tropical type of forest is also under threat. New research suggests boreal ...

Beginning 8,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers in the forests of northern Russia built some of the world’s earliest fortified settlements This aerial photograph shows the western Siberian taiga ...