The snow forest of North America may be about to shrink
From 2000 to 2019, the boreal forest’s northern boundary didn’t move while southern tree cover thinned due to climate change, wildfires and logging.| Science News
From 2000 to 2019, the boreal forest’s northern boundary didn’t move while southern tree cover thinned due to climate change, wildfires and logging.| Science News
Biogeography| Geography Realm
Keystone species are plants or animals whose presence in an ecosystem plays a crucial role in its health.| Geography Realm
Smoke from the June 2023 Canadian wildfires is affecting the Midwest and northern regions of the United States.| Geography Realm
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer website that houses all central information on the MODIS project| modis.gsfc.nasa.gov
The 2014 megafires in Canada's Northwest Territories burned 7 million acres of forest, making it one of the most severe fire events in Canadian history.| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
Researchers have used LiDAR to understand the impacts of Native American population decline on forest fires in the United States.| Geography Realm
Boreal forests are changing along with our climate.| Geography Realm
Climate change is creating a vegetation climate mismatch in the conifer forests of California's Sierra Nevada.| Geography Realm
The impact of climate change is reducing the amount of habitat where the trees of North America can thrive.| Geography Realm
