A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests, and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, a new study has found, as ...

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).

Many of the bird species that arctic foxes hunt during the summer migrate south to escape the harsh winter weather. The foxes ...

The study suggests one of the main drivers of the shift could be thawing permafrost, frozen ground that covers almost half of ...

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

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 ...

Zoonotic infections of the Canadian Arctic - (https://www.cmaj.ca/content/197/2/E34) ...

A synthesis of carbon flux and wildfire emissions data from across the Arctic-boreal zone between 2001-2020 found that 34 ...

UVA architecture students get hands-on experience addressing the effects of melting snow in Alaska’s northernmost town.

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 ...

After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, regional hotspots and increasingly frequent wildfires in the ...