Wildfires across Canada are devouring land at a pace unseen in any year other than the historic 2023 season. With more than 7.8 million acres (3.15 million hectares) burned, according to Canadian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Thanks to their excellent hearing, they're able to pinpoint their prey before striking, even through snow. 8. of 15. ... Canada lynx occupy a huge area of boreal forests across Canada, Alaska, ...

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 ...

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.

A large aerial drone flies over the charred remains of Canadian forests devastated by wildfires, bombarding the ground with seed capsules to accelerate reforestation.

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.

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 ...

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 ...