Long-term climate warming is causing a bleaching effect in a key Arctic lichen species, according to new research led by researchers in the School of GeoSciences and British Antarctic Survey. Their ...

A study of soils around the Arctic and boreal forests has found that some wildfires are releasing carbon stored over ...

A preliminary study suggests that blocking off the waterway between Russia and Alaska could help the survival of a key system ...

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The Arctic is experiencing a 3,000-year high for wildfires. Acting as the “Earth’s early warning system,” what happens there ...

As the Arctic warms, its mighty rivers are changing in ways that could have vast consequences – not only for the Arctic region but for the world. Rivers represent the land branch of the earth’s ...

An influx of silver liquid might be in our future. The Arctic has kept centuries of mercury deposits locked away, but global warming is threatening to release that stock into the environment. Mercury ...

In the two years since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, a chasm has grown between Russian scientists and their counterparts around the world. For much of his career, Alaska-based scientist Vladimir ...

Authors: Twila A. Moon, University of Colorado Boulder; Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder, and Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks The Arctic can feel like a far-off ...

What happens to the fish, wildlife, water, ecosystem and habitat? Who bears the risk? Can the impacts be understood and ...