The poles are warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, and fires in the northern boreal forest are increasing in both frequency and severity.

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 ...

The first high-resolution global map of changes in forest ... temperate, and boreal - the tropics experienced the greatest forest loss with an estimated increase in loss of 811 square miles ...