Rapid climate change is upending plant communities in the Arctic, with species flourishing in some areas and declining in others, according to a new study in Nature. The decades-long investigation, ...

Rapid climate change is upending established plant diversity and growth patterns in the Arctic, with species blooming in some areas and declining in others, suggests a study published today in the ...

It discusses various biomes such as the Arctic tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, tropical rainforest, grasslands, and deserts, detailing their characteristics, flora, and fauna.

Arctic sea ice bottoms out at the end of summer in September. The last 18 years have seen the lowest sea ice levels on record, a downward spiral that will continue, scientists say.

Citation: Moon, T. A., Druckenmiller, M. L., & Thoman, R. L. (2024). NOAA Arctic Report Card 2024. doi: 10.25923/b7c7-6431 FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message directly to the author of this ...

After storing carbon dioxide for thousands of years, parts of the Arctic's vast tundra, forests and wetlands now emit the greenhouse gas, a new study found. The research, from the Woodwell Climate ...

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou ...

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 ...

This month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual Arctic Report Card. It contained sobering news about the state of the tundra. NOAA reported that after storing ...

In a year full of troubling signs that Earth’s climate is rapidly changing, some of the most alarming signals came from the Arctic. The thawing tundra has become a source of greenhouse gas ...