The losses of carbon from forest management in Sweden are much larger than previously estimated. The difference in carbon storage between old-growth and managed forests (including harvested wood ...

The world's northern forests act as massive carbon vaults, locking away greenhouse gases in spruce, pines, and needle-covered soils. But industrial ...

Beyond, up a gentle slope, looms Russia. Finns used to drive across here to fill up on half-price gasoline. That was before ...

Forests are among the Earth’s most valuable natural treasures. They are home to countless species of plants and animals, which help regulate the climate and provide wood, food, medicine, and numerous ...

Despite decades of industrial deposition, nitrogen availability in the boreal forest is steadily declining. In a new study published in Nature, researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural ...

Climate change is leaving plenty of dramatic reminders behind as it reshapes our planet, from rapidly retreating glaciers to more frequent extreme weather events. Forests are also bearing the brunt of ...

The boreal forest—the world's largest terrestrial biome—is warming faster than any other forest type. To understand the changing dynamics of boreal forests, Min Feng and colleagues analyzed the biome ...

To understand why forests sit so close to the heart of Russian identity, it helps to start with scale. The country stretches across eleven time zones, and a vast share of that territory is cloaked in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The morning sun shines through a forest on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East. Russia has “three times as many trees as there are stars in our galaxy,” Sophie Pinkham writes. (Igor Dudkovskiy/AP) ...

Cutting down swathes of boreal forest and sinking the trees into the depths of the Arctic Ocean could remove up to 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year. Coniferous trees ...