Forest changes have nudged Europe's summer temperatures up by 0.12 C since 1750, largely because many nations have planted conifers such as pines and spruce whose dark colour traps the sun's heat ...

For hundreds of years, Indigenous communities in what is now British Columbia cleared small patches amid dense conifer forest. They planted and tended food and medicine-bearing trees and plants ...

A first-of-its-kind study by SFU finds that Indigenous forest gardens filled with fruit and nut trees are still thriving, at least 150 years later You can save this article by registering for free ...

Wildfires have scorched more than 15.4 million hectares of land so far this year in Canada – shattering the country's past records. As large wildfires become more frequent, coniferous forests ...

A fifth of conifer forests in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains are now in places that are too hot for them – meaning they may not regrow if wiped out by wildfire or disease ...

Where and why do conifer forests persist in refugia through multiple fire events? Global Change Biology, 2021; DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15655 ...