Researchers were surprised there were climate-positive locations within the boreal forest, but admitted the bio-region isn't consistently bad. "It's much more spatially nuanced than that.

These hardwood species tend not to persist in the forest canopy for long periods of time, but re-invade after fire, windthrow, or snow damage. Beneath the deep shade of the boreal conifers, the forest ...

The boreal forest is the largest forest in the world, wrapping right around Earth’s entire northern hemisphere like a giant green headband. It acts as the lungs of the planet, producing much of ...

"It is important to remember that maintaining canopy cover reduces tree mortality ... A case study from urban recreational ...

Forest ecology is the study of all aspects of the ecology of wooded areas, including rainforest, deciduous and evergreen, temperate and boreal forest ... water scarcity. Canopy water recovers ...

As you can see, not much light can penetrate through the canopy. On the forest floor only a few herbaceous plants can grow and survive the low light conditions - like mosses, lichen and ferns.