Representing 27% of all forests worldwide, boreal forests are the planet's terrestrial "second lung" after tropical forests.

A €4.7 million project funded under the Horizon Europe Innovative Training Network programme, aims to assess European forests' responses to global change.

Wood is often hailed as a low-carbon hero, a natural alternative to steel, concrete and plastic. It's a vital tool in the ...

Forest ecology is the study of all aspects of the ecology of wooded areas, including rainforest, deciduous and evergreen, temperate and boreal forest ... herbivores across Europe has had marked ...

Known as “carbon sinks,” mangroves, peatlands and boreal forests have helped cool the ... moorland and grassland across Northern Europe, Eurasia and North Asia. It hibernates in colder months ...

ESA launches biomass satellite to track forest carbon ...

as well as one of the most extensive areas of virgin boreal forest remaining in Europe. This vast area of conifers, aspens, birches, peat bogs, rivers and natural lakes has been monitored and studied ...

Wildfires are no longer rare, seasonal events. They have become persistent threats, increasing in both frequency and ...

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 ...