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boreal

[bawr-ee-uhl, bohr‑] / ˈbɔr i əl, ˈboʊr‑ /


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Although forests in the western U.S. generally do not contain the same thick peat soils found in northern boreal regions, several other factors still influence wildfire emissions.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Metrics show Canada's wildfires, a natural part of its vast boreal forest, have worsened in recent years.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

The global average temperature in June, July and August — known as the boreal summer in the Northern hemisphere — was a record-breaking 62.24 degrees, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

They also found similarly amplifying feedbacks in other permafrost-relevant processes, like the loss of boreal conifer forests due to fire -- but here, too, only at the local to regional scale.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

He is Frank Volkheimer, an upperclassman, seventeen years old, a colossal boy from some boreal village, a legend among the younger cadets.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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