In a comparative interdisciplinary study, the scientists analyze four arctic regions, one in each of Russia, Canada, Norway ...

After storing carbon dioxide for millennia in frozen soil, the Arctic tundra has now become a source of emissions. “Our ...

Land-based carbon sinks help slow global warming by absorbing excess heat-trapping CO2 emissions. Read more at ...

The frozen soil in Alaska known as permafrost is gradually thawing in many areas because the Arctic region is “warming at a pace three to four times faster than the rest of Earth,” said Bob ...

Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its lowest level ever recorded for February.

Novosibirsk State Technical University (NTU) assessed the state of the geological environments of the Russian Arctic and Siberia. The study allowed us to determine exactly how frozen soils react to ...

Soil, river sediment and dead vegetation lock away more planet-warming CO2 caused by humanity than trees, said a new study ...

Arctic permafrost isn’t thawing gradually, as scientists once predicted. Geologically speaking, it’s thawing almost overnight. As soils like the ones at Duvanny Yar soften and slump ...

TASS/. The Arctic Floating University expedition began to research specific features of soils' formation and functioning on islands of the Russian Arctic's Western sector, a TASS correspondent ...

A greener Arctic brings new environmental threats, too. Tundra wildfires are now more common, spewing carbon dioxide into the air. By thawing soils and unlocking nutrients for microbes to digest ...

So it’s root system is shallow to cope with the thin and frozen soil and the plants grow closely together to provide warmth and shelter from the strong winds. This is the Arctic fox. They are ...

Some, like the Arctic fox and lemming ... enough to find the queen’s nest – hidden away in the shallow soil in what used to be a lemming burrow. Inside the nest was pitch black and needed ...