Jun 26, 2023 | Biodiversity
This article will outline the few policies that do exist, and what steps need to be taken to protect this essential biome. For more information about the boreal forests, the current threats to their survival and how this relates to the climate crisis, please read the...
Feb 21, 2023 | Biodiversity
How is the Boreal Forest a carbon sink? As a refresher, an ecosystem is a carbon sink when it absorbs more “carbon” (in many different forms but usually CO2 from the atmosphere) than it releases. Boreal Forests are an excellent carbon sink as the very cold...
Sep 19, 2021 | Biodiversity
Peatlands are wetland ecosystems that can be found in many places all over the globe covering a total area of about 4.23 million km² or 2.84% of the Earth’s land surface [1]. In peatlands, the production of organic material exceeds the decomposition,...
