The snow forest of North America may be about to shrink

It’s one of the world’s largest stretches of forest, with millions of people depending on it

A drone photo of a southern stretch of the North American boreal forest burnt by wildfires.

Along a southern stretch of the North American boreal forest, wildfires in May left behind a burnt landscape (pictured) in Alberta, Canada.

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One of nature’s woody behemoths — the North American snow forest — may soon begin shrinking.