The land they inhabit is warming faster than most of the planet. This is a surprisingly diverse region, where birds, mammals, and plants eke out a delicate existence in frigid temperatures. As hard as ...

Deep snows prevent the release of carbon dioxide from boreal forests, but when the snows are shallower it can escape, making global heating almost impossible to stop. However, reindeer and their wild ...

Permafrost - ground that remains frozen for at least two years - blankets roughly 17% of the Earth's land surface, mostly in ...

For the past three months the chatter of the Arctic Tern colony has served as the soundtrack of the summer breeding season.

The PACE mission's Ocean Color Instrument tracks plant productivity, offering insights into climate impacts and carbon ...

Nature is a board game about creating and adapting species to survive in an ever-changing environment. It’s both accessible ...

Survival of the fittest’-if making it through each day feels like an epic challenge, some animals perform these harsh ...

New research suggests caribou will likely face population declines rarely experienced in 21,000 years due to climate change ...

Despite surviving through large climatic fluctuations in the past, future climate warming may cause a drastic decline in caribou populations.

Contributed by Mary K. Firestone; received March 4, 2023; accepted June 3, 2024; reviewed by Gwyn A. Beattie, Duncan Cameron, and Angela Sessitsch Plants and microorganisms release metabolites that ...

China is taking delivery of a first cargo from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant in a move that could signal a longer-term shift in buying by Beijing. Bloomberg said the 79,833-cbm Arctic Mulan ...