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

Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome. Ferne describes the location of the tundra biomes around the ...

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 ...

That has mainly been due to carbon uptake from plants, which regulate ... But warming air temperatures in the Arctic are breaking down permafrost across the tundra, in some cases, severely.

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 ...

A new study suggests regions of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet ... As permafrost thaws, long-dead plant matter begins to decompose and release planet-warming CO2 and methane ...