Recent findings indicate that the Arctic's traditional role as a planetary cooling agent is faltering, with hotspots and ...

The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of ...

The declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd use habitat with differing levels of climate change-related ...

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 ...

Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, an international study published ...

Learn about hotspots in tundras and boreal forests that are releasing higher level of carbon dioxide, altering the carbon ...

The Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon dioxide ... The warming Arctic has dual effects, adversely impacting soil, ice, plants, animals, and communities that rely on them, with consequences ...

In recent years, the Arctic tundra’s ability to emit less and absorb more carbon has taken a hit. A new analysis, which incorporated more data and better methods of examination, confirmed that the eco ...

The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon than it naturally ... than carbon dioxide — as bacteria in the soil digest thawing plant matter. Meanwhile, rising Arctic temperatures are driving ...

Snow is white, which makes it reflect about three quarters of the solar energy hitting it when covering the tundra ... Why, then, do people plant trees in the Arctic? Local people might want ...

NUNAVUT – Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet ... Once it thaws, scientists warn long-dead plant matter can decompose and release massive amounts of planet-warming carbon ...