Boreal Forest

• Future of wildfires: What will happen to Canada’s scorched forests as fires worsen?

  As the Canadian wildfire season slowly winds down, what happens to all forests after the fires have been extinguished?

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2023
  
• Government of Saskatchewan grant supports USask chronic wasting disease research

  "Chronic wasting disease, if it were to transfer into caribou, this would be ... a national emergency," said Dr. Phil McLoughlin.

  Environment

  Apr 3, 2023
  
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• Caution urged as mining companies eye critical minerals below Quebec boreal forest

  Currently, there are nearly 400 mining exploration projects in the boreal forest of the Eeyou Istchee, the traditional lands of the James Bay Cree.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
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• Mountain pine beetle population decimated in Jasper National Park after consecutive deep freezes

  Parks Canada said it was a memorable cold snap in 2019 that really started to significantly bring down the population of mountain pine beetles in Jasper National Park.

  Environment

  Dec 16, 2022
• Swath of boreal forest twice the size of Toronto to be protected in northern Ontario

  The Nature Conservancy of Canada spent the last year negotiating the purchase of 1,450 square kilometres of the boreal forest near Hearst, Ont., from a pulp and paper company.

  Environment

  Apr 22, 2022
• Man and furry best friend on colourful cross-Canada trek for a good cause

  Michael is walking across Canada to tell people about deforestation in the highlands of Scotland, where he's from.

  Environment

  Sep 28, 2021
• Fires and floods: How Fort McMurray is addressing risk of disaster 5 years after massive wildfire

  Five years after a wildfire tore through Fort McMurray, the fact that the community is in a boreal forest is much more front of mind for the people who live there.

  Features

  May 4, 2021
• The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years, and that can change the planet

  Evolving conditions in the Arctic are an indicator of how climate change could transform the planet, say researchers Julie Brigham-Grette and Steve Petsch.

  Commentary

  Oct 3, 2020
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• Wildfires causing boreal forest to have fewer trees, less undergrowth: Study

  The increasing frequency of wildfires in Canada's boreal forest may be permanently changing one of the largest intact ecosystems left on Earth, research suggests.

  Science

  Jan 12, 2020
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• Bigger, more frequent wildfires turning Canada’s boreal forest into source of carbon: researchers

  The boreal forest, a band of green that stretches over six provinces and two territories, has long been a storehouse of carbon.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2019