In recent years, the Arctic tundra’s ability to emit less and absorb more carbon has taken a hit. A new analysis, which ...

The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. But rising temperatures and wildfires in the region are ...

The news that the frigid Arctic tundra ringing the polar region has switched from being a net absorber, or "sink," of ...

A focus of the latest Arctic evaluation was the effects of warmer weather and wildfires on the tundra, a far-northern biome that's typically known for extreme cold, little precipitation and a ...

Now, as the Arctic climate warms at rates up to four times faster than the planet's average, snow is disappearing sooner in ...

The tundra regions have become a net carbon source rather than a carbon sink, the result of permafrost warming, increased ...

For millennia, the Arctic tundra has helped stabilize global temperatures by storing carbon in the frozen ground. Wildfires have changed that, according to the latest Arctic Report Card released ...

The Arctic tundra is warming up and that's causing long-frozen ground to melt as well as an increase in wildfires. The region is "now emitting more carbon that it stores, which will worsen climate ...

The Mulgrave Hills are the farthest west extension of the Brooks Range. Arctic tundra, which for thousands of years was a net sink for atmospheric carbon, is now a net emitter, adding to the ...