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 send the birds soaring to safety.

Janelle Marie Baker receives funding from ECCC, the Arctic Connections Fund, CIHR, SSHRC, NSERC, and Athabasca University. Labrador Tea, fireweed, chokecherry and raspberry are some of the boreal ...

The Pew Environment Group released a report earlier this month urging protection of the Canadian boreal, the world's largest intact forest and the biggest carbon sink on land. (Listen to the ...

Canada’s boreal forests are burning faster than they can regrow, but controlled fires may be one of the best ways to protect local communities. By Manuela Andreoni As a reporter, I’ve experienced the ...

Canada is looking to its Indigenous communities to help manage its boreal forests, the world’s largest intact forest system. Canada's boreal forests are home to the endangered woodland caribou. Credit ...

Jennifer Baltzer receives funding from the Canada Research Chairs program, Canada's Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Polar Knowledge Canada, Global Water Futures, and the Government ...

Earth’s boreal forests circle our planet’s far northern reaches, just south of the Arctic’s treeless tundra. If the planet wears an Arctic ice cap, then the boreal forests are a loose-knit headband ...

A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions. By Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai Ian Austen ...

Phillip Meintzer was hours away by car from the largest fires raging in the forests of British Columbia and Alberta in summer of 2021, but the air was still thick with smoke from the Canadian infernos ...