How to Use boreal in a Sentence
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In Minnesota, moose used to roam the boreal forests by the thousands.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
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Due to early snow melt and a lack of rain in June, the duff layer that blankets the floors of boreal forests and the tundra has dried out.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 25 July 2022
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The park is a mix of boreal forest and tundra along the eastern shoreline of Great Slave Lake.
—New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
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Why do these birds move south out of their boreal homeland?
—Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
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The nine of us filed onto a four-wheeler trail that led off the highway and into the boreal forest.
—Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2019
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There are much bigger fires recorded just 50 or 60 miles north of St. Mary's, but those burned in boreal forests.
—Arkansas Online, 12 June 2022
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There are much bigger fires recorded just 50 or 60 miles north of St. Mary’s, but those burned in boreal forests.
—Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2022
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There’s something really fresh about the boreal forests on the coast.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 17 June 2022
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Over much of their range, boreal owls operate in the dark every night.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2018
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Alaska's boreal forest is one of the largest trappers of carbon dioxide in the world.
—Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2022
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These two traits rank boreal forests among the most important ecosystems on Earth.
—David J. Cooper, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2023
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Found in: Cold places — northern boreal forests and tundra.
—Josh Dean, Esquire, 2 June 2015
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More than one-third of the world’s remaining large intact forest acreage lies in the boreal forests of the far north, mainly in Canada and Russia.
—Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2018
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The long-legged, large-antlered member of the deer family is found in the tundra, taiga and boreal forest ecosystems from Alaska to Labrador.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2017
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In this distant, boreal place, the sea had turned into a gardener.
—Adrian Higgins, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2019
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Then everyone gets a chance to enjoy a mile-long ride through Churchill's boreal forest.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
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Through the summer, the boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere absorb a tremendous amount of carbon dioxide.
—Anchorage Museum, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2021
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Picture the boreal forest, in northern Quebec, on the morning of June 1st.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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More than half of Canada’s landmass is comprised of the boreal forest—a vast and tree-filled region that extends across the country.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 18 May 2018
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Striking in its long, narrow shape and encased in boreal beauty, Birch Lake, too, has given over to time.
—Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021
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Great Dismal Swamp to the boreal regions of Canada and Alaska where, beneath the permafrost, layers of peat run 30 feet deep.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2021
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Parts saw an early snow melt and then a largely rain-free June that dried out the duff layer — the band of decaying moss and grasses that blankets the floors of boreal forests and the tundra.
—Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2022
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The city is surrounded by boreal forest, the world’s largest intact forest ecosystem, stretching from the tip of Newfoundland and Labrador in the east to Alaska in the west.
—Tracey Lindeman, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2023
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The company’s pollution has carved a barren landscape of dead and dying trees out of the taiga, or boreal forest, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks.
—NBC News, 28 Nov. 2021
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Along the Peace River and its tributaries, the boreal forest, and parkland regions are the most consistent bear hotspots, as are the mountain foothills.
—Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 2 Apr. 2020
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According to the report, the decline was a direct result of fewer wildfires in the boreal forests of Russia.
—Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 27 June 2023
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In boreal forests, changes in habitat and the tree canopy alter patterns of animal movement.
—Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021
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But while the beetles are considered to play a role in the boreal forest lifecycle, outbreaks in the modern era have been different than those in the past.
—Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
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In the beautifully sparse Brooks Range in the Arctic, boreal forests are advancing northward and up mountains.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
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Skies in the northeastern United States turned orange, hazy, and hazardous as the result of more than 400 infernos in Canada’s vast boreal forests in early June.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
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