Snow is white, which makes it reflect about three quarters of the solar energy hitting it when covering the tundra ... is more carbon in Arctic soils than in all the trees on Earth combined ...
The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of ...
Recent findings indicate that the Arctic's traditional role as a planetary cooling agent is faltering, with hotspots and ...
The declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd use habitat with differing levels of climate change-related ...
From Alaska to Siberia, the Arctic is changing so rapidly that there is no "normal" there now, scientists warn. The consequences reach across the globe. The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon ...
An ancient fossilized forest in Montana is reemerging 600 feet higher than the present-day tree line after spending the last ...
The study suggests one of the main drivers of the shift could be thawing permafrost, frozen ground that covers almost half of ...
Across much of the world, planting more trees means more carbon is stored, and global warming is reduced. That’s the thinking behind recent proposals to plant more trees in Alaska, Greenland and ...
The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon than it naturally draws down from the sky, as wildfires burn down its trees and permafrost thaw releases potent gases from its soil. Once-brown regions ...
Growing trees in the Arctic could cause some of that carbon ... Reindeer herding in the tundra of northern Russia. Ksenya_89 / shutterstock Last, but by no means least, beyond its effects on ...