For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the ...

Fires, intensified by climate change, release carbon trapped in soil and plants. More frequent infernos have now transformed ...

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

The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. But rising temperatures and wildfires in the region are ...

Wildfires and thawing permafrost are causing the region to release more carbon dioxide than its plants remove, probably for ...

For millennia, Arctic ecosystems have stored more carbon dioxide than they release, but that has shifted as warming ...

Increasingly frequent and severe wildfires have become a yearly concern for many Arctic communities, and a chapter of a new U ...

Scientists’ annual report card on the polar region finds that its vast tundra is releasing more CO2 than it stores, a ...

The Arctic just experienced its second-hottest year on record. And concerningly, the region’s tundra has transitioned from ...

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 there.

NOAA scientists and affiliated researchers have documented profound change in the frozen north as U.S. government science ...

Dramatic changes in the Arctic are being driven by high temperatures and intense wildfires. View on euronews ...