The declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd use habitat with differing levels of climate change-related ...

Across much of the world, planting more trees means more carbon is stored, and global warming is reduced. That’s the thinking ...

Snow is white, which makes it reflect about three quarters of the solar energy hitting it when covering the tundra ... Why, then, do people plant trees in the Arctic? Local people might want ...

That has mainly been due to carbon uptake from plants, which regulate ... But warming air temperatures in the Arctic are breaking down permafrost across the tundra, in some cases, severely.

The Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon dioxide ... The warming Arctic has dual effects, adversely impacting soil, ice, plants, animals, and communities that rely on them, with consequences ...

Arctic tundra, which for thousands of years ... in Alaska’s Cape Krusenstern National Monument on Aug. 31, 2008. Tundra plants absorb atmospheric carbon in the summer, when they use sunlight ...

This year, wildfires raging across the tundra also added to the ... scientists observed the second most potent Arctic greening event on record this year. These plants suck up carbon as they ...

Shorter snow seasons can challenge plants and animals that depend on ... For thousands of years, the Arctic tundra landscape of shrubs and permafrost, or frozen ground, has acted as a carbon ...

The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon than it naturally ... than carbon dioxide — as bacteria in the soil digest thawing plant matter. Meanwhile, rising Arctic temperatures are driving ...

In recent years, the Arctic tundra’s ability to emit less and absorb more carbon has taken a hit. A new analysis, which incorporated more data and better methods of examination, confirmed that the eco ...