Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) ...

Globally, terrestrial biomass carbon stocks increased from 2010 to 2019 by approximately 500 million tonnes of carbon per year. The main contributors to the global carbon sink are boreal and temperate ...

A new study provides the first estimates of lightning-killed trees, a crucial figure for understanding Earth's carbon cycle.

A recent study reveals that lightning strikes may annually kill 320 million trees globally, contributing significantly to ...

Old-growth tropical forests, where trees average more than 140 years old, are nearly carbon neutral, whereas temperate and boreal forests, where trees are young (less than 50 years) or middle-aged ...

This vast and nearly entirely intact boreal forest biome, stretching across the Canadian landmass and some of the northern U.S., below tundra and above more temperate forest, consists primarily of ...

The Woods According to the US National Vegetation Classification System, areas that have between 25 and 60% tree canopy cover, they qualify as woodlands or “the woods” or “a wood.” Woods are ...

The boreal forest is dominated by coniferous trees that are very well adapted to these conditions. Conifers are evolutionarily older than broad-leaved deciduous trees.