Continue reading to discover the animals that call the polar regions home. Lepus arcticus, commonly the arctic hare, is native to the most northern regions of North America. They are found ...
The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this ...
Even though his recent years’ work in Arctic Alaska has been focused on plants, he said encountering willows and other woody plants covering what used to be open tundra west of the Dalton ...
A study has found that as climate change causes the Arctic permafrost to melt, pathogens may awaken and damage crops. The ...
A new study suggests regions of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, upending a millennia-old trend. The study published in academic journal Nature ...
Ice nucleating particles as a kind of aerosols have a significant impact on the Arctic climate by promoting ... Inoue from the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, scientists set out ...
all that icy air stays tightly locked around the arctic, keeping the freezing temperatures up north. But just like when a top starts to slow down and wobble, the polar vortex can sometimes get out ...
When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...
Researchers in a new study published in Nature Climate Change, have measured the flow of carbon in the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) — consisting of the treeless tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands in ...
However, a deep freeze, thanks to the polar vortex dipping down from Siberia, is bringing an even harsher arctic blast to million Americans this week. Maps show what to expect as the cold front ...