20 of the most vulnerable hot spots were home to permafrost, which is rapidly thawing around the Arctic, with others being boreal forests. Permafrost is soil, rock, or sediment that remains frozen ...

The study offers a comprehensive overview of forests and the forest sector within the boreal biome and delves into the importance of boreal forests in environmental, social, and economic contexts. The ...

An international team led by Woodwell Climate Research Center found that a third (34%) of the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ)—the treeless tundra, boreal forests ... at the Permafrost Pathways ...

Boreal ecology is the study of ecosystems in the subarctic (boreal) zone of the Northern hemisphere. These areas are dominated by coniferous forest, generally have permafrost soils, and occur ...

I am talking of those subarctic and arctic regions that are based on permafrost — permanently frozen ground — that supports forests of spruce and birch and tundras of feathery moss ...

This paper highlights the critical importance of Arctic and boreal ecosystems in the global C cycle and their vulnerability to rapid climate change. Our review of the key NECB components, ...

Increasing wildfires globally release massive carbon emissions, impacting natural carbon sinks and contributing to global warming.

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