Canada's boreal forest will look different in the years to come. Scientists say the changing climate and increased severity of wildfires are altering their makeup.
As fires blaze in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C., new research has drawn a direct and measurable link between carbon emissions traced back to the world's major fossil fuel producers and the increase in extreme wildfires across western Canada and the United States.
The Scotty Creek Research Facility near Fort Simpson, N.W.T., used to study climate change, was almost completely destroyed by a late season wildfire last weekend. "I can't escape the irony here . there should be snow on the ground."