For those who have always been fascinated by the excellent tundra biome, this article is for you! Here, we'll take a deeper look into some of the fantastic animals that live in the unique ...

Arctic tundra emitting more carbon than storing it would have global consequences as this would exacerbate climate change, whose adverse impacts are already unfolding across the world. • In a typical ...

In this paper, we highlight the importance of biotic processes in amplifying or diminishing feedback loops between tundra ecosystems and the climate system. In doing so, we hope to guide future ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark, which oversees security in and around Greenland, on Wednesday warned of a heightened risk of military confrontation in the Arctic, driven by aggressive threatening ...

According to the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s 2024 Arctic Report Card, tundra in the Arctic is becoming a net source of carbon dioxide, rather than the ...

By David Gelles In a year full of troubling signs that Earth’s climate is rapidly changing, some of the most alarming signals came from the Arctic. The thawing tundra has become a source of ...

WASHINGTON – The icy region at the top of the globe, lashed by wildfire and pelted with increasingly heavy precipitation, has tipped into “uncharted territory,” scientists reported Tuesday.

Shorter snow seasons can challenge plants and animals ... to the Arctic since measurements began in 1900, and the wettest summer on record. For thousands of years, the Arctic tundra landscape ...

The Polar Bear Capital of the World sounds like a prime spot to observe the animals, and researchers who did just that came away with a stark warning. A team from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova ...

An Arctic fox meanders lazily ... single Arctic fox’s tail area. “These pictures and these intrusions ... it creates a false image of normal lab animal welfare and animal keeping in the ...

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 ...