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

The news that the frigid Arctic tundra ringing the polar region has switched from being a net absorber, or "sink," of ...

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

The Arctic experienced its second-hottest year on record, according to a NOAA report. The Arctic tundra has become a source ...

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

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

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. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can ...

Arctic foxes were almost hunted to extinction in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Can projects to breed and feed them help this ...

Simultaneously, the impacts of climate change are growing, increasing Arctic wildfires, affecting buildings and roads as permafrost thaws, and increasing flooding and coastal erosion as sea levels ...

The Arctic experienced its second-hottest year on record, according to a NOAA report. The Arctic tundra has become a source ...

The last nine years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, and this year saw a number of new milestones in ...