The plant and animal species that occur in the Adirondacks are diverse and varied unlike anywhere else in the northeast. The mosaic of temperate forest and boreal forest found in the region provides a ...

Climate change is a persistent and growing challenge to plant life on our planet. Changes to the environment that plants are unaccustomed to affect how they grow, putting much at risk. Increasingly, ...

Plants like birch trees show resilience to climate change by maintaining enzyme buffers. This mechanism helps them survive rising CO2.

On a cold, gray November day, the Boreal Life Trail at the Paul Smith's VIC offers colorful Adirondack views and plenty of solitude.

Boreal ecosystems contain one-third of the world's forests and stored carbon ... Fundamental paradigms, foundation species selection, and early plant responses to peatland initiation on mineral soils ...