Polar ice sheets are critical for climate projections, according to new research published Nov. 27 in the journal Nature ...

The Arctic is now a carbon source, instead of a carbon sink, according to a new report released by NOAA. Warming temperatures ...

Simultaneously, the impacts of climate change are growing, increasing Arctic wildfires, affecting buildings and roads as ...

Rising temperatures, increasing precipitation, thawing permafrost and melting ice are pushing the Arctic outside its ...

Arctic Report Card, released December 10, scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and ...

Arctic tundra is releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as hotter temperatures melt frozen ground and wildfires ...

The shift from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it could have widespread implications for climate change, according to ...

Arctic Report Card, 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, describe the rapid changes they’re witnessing across the Arctic and the ...

Rising temperatures, increasing precipitation, thawing permafrost and melting ice are pushing the Arctic outside its ...

While the disappearance of Arctic sea ice will lead to huge changes to the planet's climate and weather patterns, it will not lead to big changes in sea levels. Unlike glaciers or ice sheets on ...