Scientists compared the DNA recovered from two mammoth carcasses found in permafrost in the Yukon and Siberia. Then they sequenced the entire genome of the mammoth species, according to a 2015 ...

Melting Arctic permafrost is creating ongoing challenges for communities across the North, and a new study is shedding light on how those threats are perceived from region to region.

Warming severity "hotspots" in Arctic-boreal region between 1997-2020. Christina Shintani / Woodwell Climate Research Center Map of areas that experienced vegetation climate stress in the Arctic ...

Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is on the cutting edge of Arctic issues and strengthens Canada's position internationally as a leader in polar science and technology. POLAR also promotes the ...

Permafrost thaw is one of the most consequential changes that the Arctic is experiencing as temperatures rise. Permafrost is soil that has been frozen for at least two years and often for millennia.

But permafrost melt is quickening and renewed data flow is needed to track Russian carbon emissions. ... The permafrost region, with zones shown in blue ... (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland ...

Comparing maps over a one-year period between May 2020 and May 2021, the scientists found that “atmospheric methane concentrations have increased considerably during and after the 2020 heat wave.” ...

Permafrost (from "permanent" and "frost") is ground that continuously remains at or below 0° C for at least two consecutive years. Around 15% of the land surface in the Northern Hemisphere is ...

Natural Resources Canada is hoping to release an updated version of Canada's plant hardiness zones map in 2024. The last time it was updated was in 2014. Skip to Main Content.

A map from the Arctic Permafrost Atlas. Sources: Overduin et al.(2019); Obu et al. (2019). By Levi Westerveld/Grid-Arendal (2023). (Arctic Permafrost Atlas) A new atlas exploring everything about ...

A single, mostly gravel road connects 600,000 visitors a year with the 6 million acres of Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve. Most visitors ride park buses to marvel at grizzly and black ...

At the site near the airport, Humphries says it’s a transition zone between tundra and forest with a decent snowpack. She says at-depth temperatures at the location are -0.9 C, likely warmer ...