Treeline advances in Canada's Arctic
Friday, January 23, 2009 - 16:28
in Earth & Climate
In a widely recognised painting by Tom Thomson, a bent and lonely tree hunches on a rocky ledge overlooking a windswept lake and distant snowy peaks. The misshapen tree remains so emblematic of the beauty and harshness of Canada's climate that it is part of the permanent collection at the National Art Gallery in Ottawa...