For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the ...

The Arctic tundra is no longer the carbon sink it once was. "The tundra, which is experiencing warming and increased wildfire ...

Fires, intensified by climate change, release carbon trapped in soil and plants. More frequent infernos have now transformed ...

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Rising temperatures, increasing precipitation, thawing permafrost and melting ice are pushing the Arctic outside its ...

Mike and Ryan discussed everything from a new “climate emergency” detailed in a federal report, to Mike’s plans for the future after TV news, to the origins of the now-famous “tornado dance” and more.

NOAA scientists have documented profound change in the frozen north as U.S. government science itself faces an uncertain ...

Arctic Report Card, 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, describe the rapid changes they’re witnessing across the Arctic and the ...

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps ...

The Alaska we experience today and our children will experience in the future is not the Alaska of the past. According to the ...

The last nine years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, and this year saw a number of new milestones in ...

The news that the frigid Arctic tundra ringing the polar region has switched from being a net absorber, or "sink," of ...