The tundra keeps burning and it’s transforming the Arctic
Fires, intensified by climate change, release carbon trapped in soil and plants. More frequent infernos have now transformed the tundra into a net source of carbon dioxide emissions. It’s a dramatic shift for the Arctic, and one that will make the planet even hotter.
Now, as the Arctic climate warms at rates up to four times faster than the planet's average, snow is disappearing sooner in ...
NOAA scientists have documented profound change in the frozen north as U.S. government science itself faces an uncertain ...
Rising temperatures, increasing precipitation, thawing permafrost and melting ice are pushing the Arctic outside its ...
Arctic Report Card, 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, describe the rapid changes they’re witnessing across the Arctic and the ...
A team of scientists, led by a climate expert from the University of Lincoln, U.K., says that continued rapid warming in the ...
Rising temperatures, increasing precipitation, thawing permafrost and melting ice are pushing the Arctic outside its ...
The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. But rising temperatures and wildfires in the region are changing that, scientists say.
The last nine years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, and this year saw a number of new milestones in ...
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