The second bias arises because natural wind patterns caused the night-time and daytime fluxes to be associated with different areas of the forest. In particular, in June and July (but not in ...

Southern temperate forests (20°S–50°S ... Figure 1: Annual LST difference of forest minus open land. During night, most forests are warmer than open land, but the magnitude of night warming ...

More information: Xiaoyong Wu et al, Canopy structure regulates autumn phenology by mediating the microclimate in temperate forests, Nature Climate Change (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02164-2 ...

Keeping forests standing would lessen both the number and size of spring floods in temperate regions, according to a new study in Water Resources Research, by slowing seasonal snow melts.

University of Montreal. (2017, September 14). Forest fires are not limited to hot or temperate climates. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 09 ...

But a new study says that despite emitting heat-trapping methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, fires in temperate zone (or boreal) forests may actually cool the climate significantly ...