This summer was the wettest on record for the ... This year's report revealed a crucial shift in northern landscapes: The Arctic tundra is no longer a net carbon sink, with its boreal forests ...

Wildlife in the Arctic is also being impacted by these changes. Summer heat is disrupting the movements and survival of tundra caribou. One main reason for the decline in tundra caribou is that ...

As the Arctic summer grows longer and warmer, tundra shrubs grow taller and the Arctic becomes greener. Animals once unable to survive in the polar extremes are now invading and competing for ...

Swells of Siberian tundra roll north toward the Arctic Ocean; a reindeer herd grazes ... years since we have made it all the way to our summer pastures by the Kara Sea,” Yuri says as his wife ...

Carbon in the ocean can lead to higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the air, which contributes to climate change. The ...

one story that was so surprising even Sir David Attenborough hadn’t heard of it The Arctic tundra is one of the ... may plummet to -50°C, while in summer, the land (though still cool) bathes ...

What animals live in the coldest areas of the planet? We've done the research! Meet the animals thriving in earth's polar ...

But the summer change has been more intense in ... but they had done so at a slower pace than in other Arctic Alaska tundra regions. The growth of woody plants in Arctic tundra regions affects ...

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities ... coastline of the Beaufort Sea in summer. This quantity of carbon is on par with what ...

More than a third of the Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) – including the tundra, forests, and wetlands around the Arctic ... The results change across the seasons. During summer, the ABZ's carbon sink is ...

The arctic tundra encircles the North Pole ... although the surface layer - being only a few centimetres - may melt during the summer months, leaving muddy pools of water. Some plants and ...