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Models of the Toyota Tundra are being recalled. The Tundra nameplate has history of longevity, reliability but recent model years are changing the narrative.
Tundra plants can eek out an existence in the very short summers of the Canadian High Arctic such as here on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. (Anne Bjorkman, University of Gothenburg) Rapid climate change ...
Provides an introduction to Earth's biomes, explaining how they are communities of living organisms shaped by climate and geography. Key factors influencing biomes include light and water ...
The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic Report Card released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
The study found that about one-third of the Arctic-Boreal Zone, which includes the treeless tundra and boreal forests, is now a source of carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere.
The growth of woody plants in Arctic tundra regions affects more than caribou. In northwestern Alaska, where the growth has been most dramatic, it has attracted a proliferation of beavers, for ...
In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state ...
Flooding, thawing tundra, ice loss, and wildfires abound — and it’s all happening in the Arctic.
The Arctic is rapidly changing from the climate crisis, with no "new normal," scientists warn. Wildfires and permafrost thaw are making the tundra emit more carbon than it absorbs. From beaver ...
For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the ...