As the Arctic tundra warms up, fires may become more common. And as a giant burn in 2007 shows, those fires could turn the tundra from a carbon... It may be cold up there in the Arctic, but that doesn ...

WASHINGTON—The icy region at the top of the globe, lashed by wildfire and pelted with increasingly heavy precipitation, has tipped into “uncharted territory,” scientists reported Tuesday. The Arctic ...

Warming temperatures are causing plants across alpine and arctic environments to stay green longer and reproduce earlier, scientists find Across the tundra, warming temperatures are causing plants to ...

A week ago Sunday, Arctic sea ice cover reached its lowest extent ever recorded. For good reason, there has been significant media focus on how a warming sea gobbles up the ice that is polar bear ...

From rising oceans to species extinction, climate change is affecting our world in numerous ways. Now, an international team of researchers has revealed the wide-ranging impact that the changing ...

Local reindeer grazing history is an important determinant in the response of an ecosystem’s carbon sink to climate warming, say researchers. The significance of reindeer grazing history to tundra ...

FAIRBANKS — The July 2007 tundra fire near the Anaktuvuk River was the largest such ever recorded, but that wasn’t the only thing that made it noteworthy. According to a new study published in the ...

"It's a big surprise that these plants are reacting in this way," explains researcher Marc Macias-Fauria. That's really not a very long time for an entire biome change. "Previously people had thought ...

It may be cold up there in the Arctic, but that doesn't mean it doesn't burn. And as the planet gets warmer, tundra fires are not only becoming more common, they may also shift a huge amount of carbon ...

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It may be cold up there in the Arctic, but that doesn't mean it doesn't burn. And as the planet gets warmer, tundra fires are not only becoming more common, they may also shift a huge amount of carbon ...