(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study released in the scientific journal Ecology Letters offers one of the first confirmations of a wholesale shift in the boreal forest ecosystem due to climate change.
Environment
Mar 2, 2011
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Rudolph, Donner, Blitzen and their caribou cousins might not be around much longer if global warming and industrial development in their boreal forest homes continues.
Ecology
Dec 14, 2010
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Climate change is causing wildfires to burn more fiercely, pumping more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than previously thought, according to a new study to be published in Nature Geoscience this week.
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2010
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Much organically bound carbon is deposited on inland lake bottoms. A portion remains in the sediment, sometimes for thousands of years, while the rest is largely broken down to carbon dioxide and methane, which are released ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2010
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The analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events in the Mackenzie Delta region of northern Canada.
Earth Sciences
Dec 3, 2009
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The composition of some of our nation's forests may be quite different 200 to 400 years from today according to a recent study at the University of Illinois. The study found that temperature and photosynthetic active radiation ...
Environment
Sep 15, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's last remaining "pristine" forest - the boreal forest across large stretches of Russia, Canada and other northern countries - is under increasing threat, a team of international researchers has ...
Environment
Aug 25, 2009
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Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60% in the last three decades. The dramatic revelation came out of the first ever comprehensive census analysis of this iconic species carried out by biologists at ...
Ecology
Jun 11, 2009
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