As the frozen ground warms much faster than expected, it’s reshaping the landscape—and releasing carbon gases that ... on every other stream in the Arctic tundra,” Tape said.

For the first time on record, monthly average CO2 levels exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm), according to experts at ...

Life on Earth blooms with wild ingenuity. From phosphorescent fungi feeding in the undergrowth to chameleons flicking tongues ...

For the first time on record, monthly average CO2 levels exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm), according to experts at ...

During the Indian Arctic expedition in 2023, researchers sampled seaweed and sediments on the coast of Svalbard, Norway, to analyze their carbon isotopes and lipid molecules. Credit: Biswajit Roy ...

New research published in Nature Climate Change reveals that over 30% of Arctic tundra, forests, and wetlands have shifted from storing carbon to releasing it into the atmosphere. When emissions ...

There are two types of tundra: Arctic and alpine. The Arctic tundra is located between the north pole and the coniferous forests or taiga region. It is characterized by extremely cold temperatures ...

The tundra biome is the coldest and one of the largest ecosystems on Earth. It covers about one-fifth of the land on the planet, primarily in the Arctic circle but also in Antarctica as well as a ...

Its flow – the carbon cycle – transforms carbon atoms through all living things, as well as soils, the ocean and the atmosphere. These transformations unfold over time scales ranging from ...