Peregrine falcons have dark stripes under their eyes, thought to reduce sun glare. But in other falcon species these markings are unrelated to sunlight.

The Arctic is rapidly changing from the climate crisis, with no "new normal," scientists warn. Wildfires and permafrost thaw are making the tundra emit more carbon than it absorbs. From beaver ...

For thousands of years, the Arctic tundra landscape of shrubs and permafrost ... are currently healthy despite sea ice decline and warming ocean waters in their Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort sea ...

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For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the ...

The Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, according to the latest Arctic Report Card released by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Living in the tundra regions of the Arctic, it has developed several unique traits that enable it to thrive ... Although they were once in danger due to hunting and habitat loss, Snow Goose ...

The consequences reach across the globe. 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 ...

Arctic tundra now emitting more carbon gases than it absorbs ... water resources from snowmelt earlier in spring or summer and increase the possibility of drought. The extent of sea ice, an important ...