Arctic warming, occurring up to four times faster than the global average, is driving extensive shifts in plant communities, with new species appearing or existing ones disappearing in nearly 60% ...

Even if you live far from the boreal forests in Canada and Siberia, you've likely noticed an increase in smoke from their ...

Climate-driven environmental changes could drastically affect the distribution of more than 1,000 species of commercial fish ...

The largest biodiversity time-series database on the planet - created by the University of St Andrews – has had a major new ...

Last, but by no means least, beyond its effects on climate, high latitude afforestation can harm Arctic biodiversity and challenges traditional livelihoods such as reindeer herding and caribou ...

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The Arctic is at the forefront of the climate crisis, with the central basin of the Arctic Ocean warming three times faster than the global average. However, its hostile and challenging environment, ...

COPENHAGEN, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A "doomsday" vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island ... represent not just biodiversity, but ...

He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather ... Languages: English. The Arctic, once defined by its frozen, inhospitable climate and long winter nights, is experiencing dramatic ...

The negative impacts of industrial activities and light pollution are absolutely critical for the Arctic biodiversity. For example, artificial light at night reduces the ability of Arctic reindeer to ...

“lower effectiveness of existing mechanisms of decision-making by Arctic states on a range of non-military issues (environment, climate change, conservation of biodiversity, resource ...

"But where the shrubs take over, biodiversity will decrease, and then the question is where the outcompeted species will go. There are no colder regions than the Arctic, and some species may ...