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 Twisters asks if you can 'tame' a tornado. We have the answer By Abby WallaceJuly 19, 2024 Climate Plants might not hold on to carbon as long as we thought By Carolyn GramlingJuly 15, 2024 Climate Why this year’s climate conditions helped Hurricane Beryl smash records By Carolyn GramlingJuly 2, 2024 Climate How powdered rock could help slow climate change By Ann Leslie DavisJuly 1, 2024 Climate In ‘Warming Up,’ the sports world’s newest opponent is climate change By Darren IncorvaiaJune 26, 2024 Climate A heat dome is baking the United States. Here’s why that’s so dangerous By Erin Garcia de JesúsJune 21, 2024 Climate The Arctic is warming rapidly. These clouds may hold clues as to why By Carolyn GramlingJune 14, 2024 Climate Warm water is sneaking underneath the Thwaites Glacier — and rapidly melting it By Douglas FoxMay 30, 2024