Fort McKay (Canada) (AFP) – The acrid stench of gasoline permeates the air. And the soot coats everything in sight: the trees, the bushes, even the snow in winter. And all day long, explosions ...

Global warming is changing Canada’s boreal forest and tundra Published: March 7, 2023 5:03pm EST • Updated: June 28, 2023 3:42pm EDT Konrad Gajewski , L’Université d’Ottawa/University of ...

One of nature’s woody behemoths — the North American snow forest — may soon begin shrinking. The continent’s boreal forest reposes in subarctic latitudes, spanning much of Alaska and Canada.

The climate-driven wildfires currently razing Canada’s northern forests and darkening skies across the continent may have an unexpected effect: according to a new study, the fires may reduce global ...

Since the early-2000s, these deer have moved north into the boreal forests of western Canada. These forests are full of spruce and pine trees, sandy soil and freezing winters with lots of snow.

Even if you live far from the boreal forests in Canada and Siberia, you've likely noticed an increase in smoke from their forest fires. During major blazes in 2023, the smoke tinted the New York ...

Some boreal forests contain peat, which can slow fire—if it’s wet. But if that peat is dry, it can burn underground and spread fires even farther. Weather matters, too.

What do the landscape painters of Canada and northern Europe have in common? Their muse is the taiga, or boreal forest: a massive ring of mostly coniferous trees that stretches across the Northern ...

Climate change will affect Canada’s boreal forest in a complex way. PamelaJoeMcFarlane/E+/Getty Images. Listen to this article. 00:06:08. Global warming is affecting the boreal forest — what happens ...

Fort McKay: where Canada's boreal forest gave way to oil sands. Fort McKay (Canada) (AFP) – The acrid stench of gasoline permeates the air. And the soot coats everything in sight: the trees, the ...

The oil sand mines in Fort McKay have made the people – many of them Indigenous Canadians – very rich but have also greatly damaged the land on which their ancestors relied for centuries.