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As extreme fires transform Alaska's boreal forest, deciduous trees put a brake on carbon loss and how fast the forest burns

Fire is a hot topic these days, particularly when it comes to the boreal forest, the vast expanse of trees that stretches across Alaska, Canada and other cold northern regions. Large fires have been ...
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China's forests are absorbing carbon—but for how long?

AGC storage in China’s natural forests. (a) AGC storage in 2030; (b) AGC storage in 2060; (c) Change in AGC storage from 2030 to 2060; (d) Histograms of AGC storage and a line graph of AGC ...
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As extreme fires transform Alaska’s boreal forest, deciduous trees put a brake on carbon loss and how fast the forest burns

Jill Johnstone acknowledges funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council in Canada and in the United States from the Long Term Ecological Research Program (National Science ...