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 ...

A blizzard whips the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroe Islands flags above the Joint Arctic Command headquarters overlooking the harbor of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The small military outpost ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A mass of cold air that meandered south from the Arctic has sent temperatures plunging with wind chills making it feel like -40 Celsius or colder across parts of Canada from New Brunswick to ...

Kretchman said the cold snap is due to a cold front moving through Ontario, mixed with a northwest air flow bringing down some colder Arctic air to the region. A number of school bus routes are ...