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#           Eyes on Earth Episode 72 – Northward Shift of the Boreal Forest      

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      By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center       April 18, 2022    

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Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about changes to Earth’s largest land biome.

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**Summary**: The boreal forest, or taiga, stretches across nearly 5.7 million square miles in the northern latitudes. That’s nearly a quarter of all forested lands in the world. This sprawling biome also happens to be one of the most rapidly shifting in the face of climate change. Many studies have suggested that the taiga tree line is moving northward as temperatures warm worldwide, edging itself into the colder tundra. On this episode of Eyes On Earth, we hear from Professor Logan Berner, part of team at Northern Arizona University’s Global Earth Observation and Dynamics of Ecosystems (GEODE) Lab that used USGS Landsat satellite data to track and quantify the northward shift of the boreal tree line.

**Guests:**Logan Berner, assistant research professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), Northern Arizona University

**Host:** John Hult

**Producer:** John Hult

**Release date:** April 18, 2022

**More on Landsat and the Boreal Forest**
                                - New study shows that Earth’s coldest forests are shifting northward with climate change
                                - Northern Arizona University’s Global Earth Observation and Dynamics of Ecosystems (GEODE) Lab
                                - NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment — ABoVE

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#### Timothy A. Glynn

##### Chief of Staff

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

tglynn@usgs.gov

605-594-6046

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Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about changes to Earth’s largest land biome.

View Media Details

View

Download and Transcript Access

View Media Details

**Summary**: The boreal forest, or taiga, stretches across nearly 5.7 million square miles in the northern latitudes. That’s nearly a quarter of all forested lands in the world. This sprawling biome also happens to be one of the most rapidly shifting in the face of climate change. Many studies have suggested that the taiga tree line is moving northward as temperatures warm worldwide, edging itself into the colder tundra. On this episode of Eyes On Earth, we hear from Professor Logan Berner, part of team at Northern Arizona University’s Global Earth Observation and Dynamics of Ecosystems (GEODE) Lab that used USGS Landsat satellite data to track and quantify the northward shift of the boreal tree line.

**Guests:**Logan Berner, assistant research professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), Northern Arizona University

**Host:** John Hult

**Producer:** John Hult

**Release date:** April 18, 2022

**More on Landsat and the Boreal Forest**
                                - New study shows that Earth’s coldest forests are shifting northward with climate change
                                - Northern Arizona University’s Global Earth Observation and Dynamics of Ecosystems (GEODE) Lab
                                - NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment — ABoVE

### Contacts

#### Timothy A. Glynn

##### Chief of Staff

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

tglynn@usgs.gov

605-594-6046

### Explore Search

                      - Climate
                      - Information Systems
                      - Maps and Mapping
                      - Landsat
                      - Landsat Archive
                      - Eyes on Earth
                      - podcasts
                      - Boreal Forest
                      - Arctic
                      - Climate Change
                      - permafrost
                      - Remote Sensing

View All **