The Arctic is rapidly changing from the climate crisis, with no "new normal," scientists warn. Wildfires and permafrost thaw are making the tundra emit more carbon than it absorbs. From beaver ...

Increasingly frequent and severe wildfires have become a yearly concern for many Arctic communities, and a chapter of a new U.S. report involving one Canadian university—Université de ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Foreboding environmental milestones abounded again this year in the Arctic, where experts say dramatic climate shifts are ...

Scientists are reintroducing large animals to Siberia's Pleistocene Park. This project aims to restore ancient grassland ...

Climate change is warming the Arctic tundra about four times faster than the rest of the planet. Now, a study suggests that rising temperatures will spur underground microbes there to produce more ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s a vicious cycle. Rising temperatures are stoking wildfires in the Arctic, which is leading to more of the ...

The Arctic tundra now emits more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases than it absorbs. Rising temperatures due to climate change have shifted the ecosystem’s effect on the planet – it has moved ...

Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of planet-warming pollution. As wildfires increase and hotter temperatures melt long-frozen ground, the region is ...

Three recent papers authored by Ted Schuur, Regents' professor of biological sciences at Northern Arizona University, and other researchers around the world, organized through the Permafrost Carbon ...

From Alaska to Siberia, the Arctic is changing so rapidly that there is no "normal" there now, scientists warn. The consequences reach across the globe. The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon than ...

Foreboding environmental milestones abounded again this year in the Arctic, where experts say dramatic climate shifts are fundamentally altering the ecosystem and how it operates. One recent turning ...

A member of a fire crew makes their way to the Riley Fire in Denali National Park and Preserve, AlaskaPaul Ollig/National Park Service via AP From Alaska to Siberia, the Arctic is changing so rapidly ...