Boreal forests store nearly double the carbon of ... as CO2 and methane -- a greenhouse gas with around 30 times the heat-trapping ability of CO2 over a 100-year timespan. Scientists fear boreal ...

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 ...

HABITAT: In the contiguous United States, the lynx is associated with southern boreal forest — subalpine coniferous forest ... destruction due to deforestation and fire suppression and trapping, as ...