The last nine years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, and this year saw a number of new milestones in ...
The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live ...
Wildfires and thawing permafrost are causing the region to release more carbon dioxide than its plants remove, probably for ...
Arctic tundra is releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as hotter temperatures melt frozen ground and wildfires ...
and large-scale tree-planting projects in the Arctic have been championed by governments and corporations as a way to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. However, when trees are ...
Umair Irfan is a correspondent at Vox writing about climate change, energy policy, and science. He is also a regular ...
Across the Circumpolar North (a region spanning three continents that includes eight countries), scientists have observed increases in greening of between 20% and 40% in recent decades.
Meanwhile, large grazing wildlife, such as caribou and muskoxen, also play a key role in the timing and abundance of Arctic plants, according to a study from the University of California ...
(Submitted by Jeppe Kristensen) Planting trees is a popular way to mitigate climate change, but in northern and Arctic regions, it may not be an effective solution. A recent study published in the ...
Greening sounds good compared to deforestation, but in the Arctic, the expansion of plant life amplifies dangerous feedback ...
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