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The world's boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHow will Earth’s vast boreal forests look in a warmer world? Combining satellite-based research with...
Alaska gambles on turning boreal forest into farmland
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAlaska's boreal forest is one of the largest trappers of carbon dioxide in the world. But as the...
More than 200 fires are burning in Alaska. Here’s why the state faces such an extreme climate threat
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAmerica’s great northern expanse is burning. Alaska, the US’s largest state, is experiencing an...
Alaska experiencing wildfires it's never seen before
Associated Press via AOL· 2 years agoThis aerial photo shows a tundra fire burning near the community of St. Mary's, Alaska, on June 10, 2022. (Ryan McPherson/Bureau of Land Management...
Why Arctic wildfires are releasing more carbon than ever
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSmoke from hundreds of wildfires darkened skies over the Alaskan Interior this summer, with the...
Melting ice in Alaska is forming new lakes full of bacteria 'belching' methane into the atmosphere,...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThemokarst lakes found in Alaska are so full of methane, the gas rises to the surface in big...
World lost three Central Parks of forest to wildfire every hour in 2021
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLast year, wildfires ripped through forests around the world, turning verdant landscapes into burn...
Photos from space show 11,000 beavers are wreaking havoc on the Alaskan tundra as savagely as...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA pair of beavers work over some branches in shallow water south of Glennallen in central Alaska.Ken...
Alaska's active fire season is expected to get worse
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA fire near St. Mary's, Alaska. Ryan McPherson/Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service via AP More than 530 wildfires have been reported in Alaska...
Beavers are moving into the warming Arctic. It could be a threat like 'wildfire.'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt began decades ago, with a few hardy pioneers slogging north across the tundra. It’s said that one...