Considering the worst-case scenario, the snow-clad Arctic Ocean will go ice-free within three years. Jahn indicated that while the ice-free Arctic may not be the end of the world, it is evidence that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Arctic air remains in place through midweek, so plan for several nights near 0 degrees with afternoon highs stuck in the teens. By Thursday and Friday, high temperatures rise slightly but still ...

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 ...

Animation of terrestrial CO 2 fluxes in the Arctic-boreal zone by month ... but more carbon emissions are being released from the tundra during the non-growing season months.

(Photo by Alexis Bonogofsky/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) The growth of woody plants in Arctic tundra regions affects more than caribou. In northwestern Alaska, where the growth has been most ...

At the edge of the Arctic circle, Roma Wells heads to the far north of Iceland in search of majestic marine life, other worldly landscapes, and a glimpse of the Northern Lights. Show more Iceland ...

The most substantial land warming between 1997-2020 occurred in the far eastern Siberian tundra and throughout central ... These increases in water on the landscape over time are likely a sign of ...