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As extreme fires transform Alaska's boreal forest, deciduous trees put a brake on carbon loss and how fast the forest burns

  • Written by Jill Johnstone, Adjunct Professor of Biology, University of Saskatchewan
imageA helicopter drops water on a forest fire in Alaska.Michael Risinger/U.S. Army National Guard, CC BY

Fire is a hot topic these days, particularly when it comes to the boreal forest, the vast expanse of trees that stretches across Alaska, Canada and other cold northern regions. Large fires have been burning more frequently and severely in these...

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