Aim: The rapidly changing Arctic is ideal for investigating uncertainties in climate projections. Despite the challenges of collecting data in this region, an unprecedented large-scale survey of ...

In northern Greenland, just 1,700 kilometres from the North Pole, flowers are blooming, insects are emerging and migratory shorebirds are ... These and other Arctic species are responding quickly ...

Let’s start with the shorebirds that began arriving in July. Many of them travel from as far away as the Arctic to stop along our coastlines, inland prairie marshes and inland lake shores.

Nonstop flights direct from Iowa to Venezuela are rare, unless you happen to be a well-fed pectoral sandpiper. If it finds ...

Located in the Colville River Delta, a breeding ground for waterfowl and shorebirds, Alpine’s relentless sprawl is fueling the debate over the industry’s impact. Arctic National Wildlife ...

Development will splinter the critical wetlands across the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area for tens of thousands of molting geese, nesting shorebirds, and countless other species that have been reliable ...

Permafrost — the permanently frozen ground that underlies much of the Arctic land surface — is thawing in many parts of the Arctic. [1] As permafrost thaws, it releases the powerful greenhouse gas ...