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June 16, 2016

New Study: NE Canadian Forests a Refuge as Warming Creeps North

A young black spruce.

A new study co-authored by HF Senior Ecologist Neil Pederson forecasts potential winners and losers in the changing climate of the northern boreal forest. The study of more than 26,000 trees in the Canadian province of Quebec covered an area the size of Spain.

According to the study, published today in the journal Science, boreal forests in far-northern

June 7, 2016

New Study: Carbon Standards to Bring Annual Health Benefits to Most U.S. Counties

A map of the United States

Most US regions would gain economic benefits if power plants followed carbon standards with moderately stringent emissions targets and a high level of compliance flexibility, according to a new study co-authored by Kathy Fallon Lambert, Director of the Science Policy Exchange and the Harvard Forest Science & Policy Integration Project.

The new paper, "