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 ...

A new special issue of more than 20 papers—published in the open access journal Arctic Science—presents findings from 30 years of research and monitoring by the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX), ...

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s a vicious cycle. Rising temperatures are stoking wildfires in the Arctic, which is leading to more of the ...

Researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland have observed significant vegetation changes in the treeless heath and tundra regions of northern Finland and Norway over recent decades, marked by the ...