From giant holes in Siberia to legions of beavers in Alaska, the Arctic is changing rapidly and accelerating the climate ...
Green summer tundra and the rolling Mulgrave Hills in northwestern Alaska's Cape Krusenstern National Monument are seen on July 11, 2011. The Mulgrave Hills are the farthest west extension of the ...
Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of carbon dioxide. The new research, led by scientists at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth, ...
Map of Arctic-boreal zone study area depicting boreal forests, tundra, and permafrost region. Credit: Greg Fiske / Woodwell Climate Research Center After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the ...
When Cyrus Harris first saw a beaver during a camping trip in the tundra territory in the far northwest of Alaska in 1988, the discovery created a stir in his hometown of Kotzebue. “That made big news ...
In a remarkable archaeological breakthrough, scientists have uncovered a mummified saber-toothed cat cub in the Siberian permafrost. This prehistoric specimen, estimated to be around 35,000 years old, ...