The world's boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward

How will Earth’s vast boreal forests look in a warmer world? Combining satellite-based research with fieldwork shows that the planet’s largest wilderness may be changing in unexpected ways.

Roman Dial, Professor of Biology and Mathematics, Alaska Pacific University • conversation
Nov. 3, 2023 • ~11 min

Forests are vital to protect the climate, yet the world is falling far behind its targets

New research identifies what needs to be done to stop failing forests.

Mary Gagen, Professor of Physical Geography, Swansea University • conversation
Nov. 1, 2023 • ~7 min

What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about the future of fire in the West

As the climate warms, devastating fires are increasingly likely. The 2020 fires pushed the Southern Rockies beyond the historical average. Is there hope for the Northern Rockies?

Philip Higuera, Professor of Fire Ecology, University of Montana • conversation
Oct. 17, 2023 • ~10 min

What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence tells us about the future of fires in the West

As the climate warms, devastating fires are increasingly likely. The 2020 fires pushed the Southern Rockies beyond the historical average. Is there hope for the Northern Rockies?

Philip Higuera, Professor of Fire Ecology, University of Montana • conversation
Oct. 17, 2023 • ~10 min

What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West

As the climate warms, devastating fires are increasingly likely. The 2020 fires pushed the Southern Rockies beyond the historical average. Is there hope for the Northern Rockies?

Philip Higuera, Professor of Fire Ecology, University of Montana • conversation
Oct. 17, 2023 • ~10 min

More solar energy needed, but clearing forests for panels may not be way to do it

Harvard-led analysis suggests incentives to save carbon-absorbing trees, siting projects on rooftops, developed areas.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 13, 2023 • ~6 min

Clearing forests to erect solar panels may not be clean-energy solution

Harvard-led analysis suggests incentives to save carbon-absorbing trees, siting projects on rooftops, developed areas.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Oct. 13, 2023 • ~6 min

Will it get too hot for prescribed fires?

Rising temperatures will cut the number of days when conditions are favorable for prescribed fires across the western US.

Washington State • futurity
Oct. 6, 2023 • ~6 min

Dead trees on forest floor helped fuel Sierra Nevada fire

Old dead trees on the forest floor are a chief fuel driving wildfires in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, a study of the KNP Complex Fire shows.

Lucas Van Wyk Joel-UC Irvine • futurity
Sept. 27, 2023 • ~6 min

Little gaps let eastern hemlocks fend off pest

Creating physical gaps in the forest canopy helps eastern hemlocks withstand infestation by an invasive insect, a study finds.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Sept. 19, 2023 • ~6 min

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