‘Megadroughts’ Have Made Themselves Known in the 21st Century. They’re Going to Get ...
The end of 2024 marks the 24th year of the southwestern United States’s “megadrought”—a type of drought that often last ...
Discover Magazine21 天
Permafrost Thaw and Wildfires Are Raising CO2 Emissions in Arctic Tundras
Researchers in a new study published in Nature Climate Change, have measured the flow of carbon in the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) — consisting of the treeless tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands in ...
Alaska Dispatch News22 天
Caribou herds in Arctic Alaska trend in opposite directions
Even though his recent years’ work in Arctic Alaska has been focused on plants, he said encountering willows and other woody plants covering what used to be open tundra west of the Dalton ...
Alaska Dispatch News22 天
Subsea cable break could interrupt, slow Arctic communications for months, company says
According to the company release, the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope filed a joint application last March for a FEMA grant to help fund redundant systems that can “withstand acts of ...
Skift22 天
America’s 'Last Great Wilderness' Faces ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
The Alaska Travel Industry Association advocates for thoughtful discussions on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. President Trump's executive order aims to open ANWR for ...
MLive22 天
Arctic Blast: Michiganders brave the frigid cold and snow
PHOTO GALLERY: 50 photos show Arctic Air over Michigan “Arctic air and the coldest daytime temperatures in 6 years are here Monday and Tuesday, returning to the teens and 20s later in the week ...
syracuse.com22 天
Hochul declares state of emergency as lake effect storm, arctic air arrive
Albany, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday evening declared a state of emergency across much of Upstate and Western New York as a lake effect snowstorm and frigid arctic air arrive. The ...
SciTech Daily22 天
Thawing Permafrost Sparks Massive Carbon Release in the Arctic
Researchers from the Woodwell Climate Research Center found that 34 percent of the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ)—which includes tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands across Earth’s northern regions—has now ...
Science News22 天
Unearthed ice may be the Arctic’s oldest buried glacier remnant
On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers have discovered the remains of an ancient glacier that could be over a million years old. The discovery represents what may be the oldest ...
Castanet23 天
Parts of tundra releasing more carbon than they absorb: study
Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, an international study published Tuesday suggests, upending a millennia-old trend and raising concerns ...
The Globe and Mail23 天
Parts of Canada’s Arctic tundra releasing more carbon than they absorb, study says
A new study suggests regions of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, upending a millennia-old trend. The study published in academic journal Nature ...