The world's boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
Scholars who study northern ecosystems see evidence that as the world warms, its largest forest wilderness appears to be shrinking.
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Scholars who study northern ecosystems see evidence that as the world warms, its largest forest wilderness appears to be shrinking.
A recent study published in AGU Advances examines how the conservation and protection of two Alaskan forests, Tongass and Chugach, are essential in fightin | Earth And The Environment
<p>Analyses of U.S. national forests led by Oregon State University scientists shows that increased protections for two Alaskan forests is a key to meeting climate and biodiversity goals.</p>
The boreal region's soils have long buffered the planet against warming by storing huge quantities of carbon and keeping it out of the atmosphere. Its remoteness has historically protected its forests and wetlands from extensive human impact.
Earth's boreal forests circle our planet's far northern reaches, just south of the Arctic's treeless tundra.