taiga

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taiga

the zone of forest vegetation lying on wet soils between the tundra in the north and steppe hardwood forest in the south, that encircles the northern hemisphere.
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Perhaps she's speaking a little more directly to Canadians, because she says the boreal forest is the longest-standing, largest working forest left on the planet; by her reckoning, the mightiest act of peace.
The Tree Whisperer: A\J talks to world renowned author, medical chemist, botanist and now filmmaker--Diana Beresford-Kroeger
It would make economic sense to hire 10,000 Northerners to work on preventing carbon losses in the boreal forest.
The 20 people who can
Distinguishing between these two mechanisms would be difficult today because populations in the boreal forest are now largely extinct (Werner et al.
Factors governing the distribution and abundance of Arctic ground squirrels
Applying modern conservation science principles to the boreal forest, the campaign calls for keeping at least half of the region free of industrial development and its fragmenting impacts on the land.
Saving Canada's Boreal Forest
The frequency of large fire years has increased since the 1950s in interior Alaska's boreal forest, and in the last 5 decades 33% of individual fires have burned >100,000 ha (Kasischke et al.
Effects of variable fire severity on forage production and foraging behavior of moose in winter
To date, most of the known Little Brown Myotis roost sites in the boreal forest of northwestern Canada and Alaska were found via local knowledge, which is likely biased toward manmade structures.
Roost-site selection and movements of Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus) in southwestern Yukon
Cold boreal forests stow away nearly a quarter of all the carbon stocked in the Earth's land surfaces.
Fungi pull carbon into forest floor: organisms work with trees to trap organic material in soil
Tarnished Earth, a dramatic open air gallery of shoots by Jiri Rezac has appeared on the capital's High Street throughout July, showing such unforgettable images as the devastation being caused to the likes of Canada's magnificent Boreal Forest by the rush to extract oil from the tar sands just below the surface.
Photos capture a damaged earth
After a decade of environmental campaigns, mounting expectations of green performance from publishers and printers, and years of intense negotiations, the world's largest conservation initiative was launched in May 2010: the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement.
Two birds with one seed: how newspapers can sustain business--and our planet
Tarnished Earth, an exhibition by Jiri Rezac, tells the story of the destruction of Canada's Boreal Forest as the area is drilled for oil.
Last chance to see ecology photo exhibition
In this last episode of the series he journeys to the far north of Europe, exploring one of the largest ecosystems on the planet - the boreal forest that stretches for thousands of miles across Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia to Russia.
BEST ADVENTURE
Their duet is the quintessential music of the northern bog and boreal forest.
Mating moose calling up north

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