The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic ...

Learn about hotspots in tundras and boreal forests that are releasing higher level of carbon dioxide, altering the carbon balance in the world's coldest regions.

and Alaska. An analysis of the rapidly warming Arctic-boreal region, published in Geophysical Research Letters, provides a zoomed-in picture of ecosystems experiencing some of the fastest and most ...

"The most climate-stressed regions all contained permafrost, which is vulnerable to thaw as temperatures rise," researcher Sue Natali said.

Map of areas that experienced ecosystem climate stress in the Arctic-boreal region between 1997-2020 as detected by multiple variables including satellite data and long-term temperature records.

Unlike conventional aerial photography, MACS Polar 18 acquires datasets in four-band (R-G-B-NIR) multi-spectral orthomosaics, ...

They are fearsome, but they need our help. Learn about Polar Bears International and its mission to save dwindling polar bear populations.

“So who holds that defensive capability across the Arctic Circle is critical,” Bolton ... But as the ice melts, just like the Russian tundra, who knows what's under there?” ...