News Climate Boreal forests shift north Advancing greenery could further heat the already warming climate Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Janet Raloff May 15, 2008 at 7:47 pm For the Arctic, green is the new black. THEN AND NOW Upper photo taken in 1962 shows tundra-dominated mountain slope in Siberian Urals. A 2004 photo of the same site, below, shows conifers were setting up dense stand of forest. Stepan Shiyatov/Russian Acad. Sci., Global Change Biology 2008 ECO-ADAPTATION The Siberian larch can assume different forms, depending on its climate. Where the weather is harsh, it will develop a low-growing shrub shape (left). When conditions improve, it can send up many upright trunks (center), but its growth is still diminished. Good conditions lead to a fast-growing upright tree with a single trunk (right). Nadezhda Devi, Russian Acad. Sci., Global Change Biology 2008 More Stories from Science News on Climate Climate Can solar farms and crop farms coexist? By Luke GroskinSeptember 13, 2024 Life Mega El Niños kicked off the world’s worst mass extinction By Jake BuehlerSeptember 12, 2024 Health & Medicine California droughts may help valley fever spread By Erin Garcia de JesúsSeptember 11, 2024 Climate Summer-like heat is scorching the Southern Hemisphere — in winter By Carolyn GramlingSeptember 2, 2024 Health & Medicine Extreme heat and rain are fueling rising cases of mosquito-borne diseases By Erin Garcia de JesúsAugust 26, 2024 Climate Zapping sand to create rock could help curb coastal erosion By Sid PerkinsAugust 22, 2024 Climate The world’s record-breaking hot streak has lasted 14 months. When will it end? By Nikk OgasaAugust 19, 2024 Health & Medicine Your medications might make it harder for you to beat the heat By Erin Garcia de JesúsAugust 13, 2024