Wildlife in the Arctic is also being impacted by these changes. Summer heat is disrupting the movements and survival of tundra caribou. One main reason for the decline in tundra caribou is that ...

Canada’s Arctic is easier to explore than ever before thanks to a new highway, more cruise options, and fly-in hiking and ...

Caribou bones and antlers lying on the tundra offer a previously untapped source of information to help scientists ... Beyond the ramifications for the PCH, this study will contribute broadly to ...

The Arctic tundra shifted this past year from capturing ... and said the NOAA report card also documents rapid declines in caribou herds. “Particularly the large migratory herds, including ...

“Our observations now show that the Arctic tundra, which is experiencing warming ... Arctic including rising air temperatures, declining Caribou herds and increasing precipitation.

The temperature has also been rising; the past nine years have been the warmest on record in the Arctic. The changes have affected the region’s wildlife, with migratory tundra caribou ...

DECLINES AND EXTINCTIONS. Climate change has already been linked to lower survival or population declines of Arctic species from the sea-ice dependent polar bear, to the glacier-affiliated Kittlitz’s ...

Arctic National Wildlife RefugeCaribou ... trimmed in cobalt blue; the buff brown tundra of coastal plain, dotted with caribou; the rolling foothills rising into the mighty Brooks Range, sparkling ...

Supreme Court ruling resurrects a lawsuit challenging Mulchatna predator control, saying people who enjoy viewing animals ...

dealing a blow to species such as polar bears and caribou, as well as millions of migratory birds. The final “environmental impact statement” even acknowledged that some bird species may go extinct.