Arctic winters - once considered the most stable and predictable part of the region’s climate - are becoming warm, wet, and unstable.

Scientists in Svalbard were shocked to find rain and greenery instead of snow during Arctic winter fieldwork. The event ...

A new commentary published in Nature Communications by Dr James Bradley, Reader in Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London, and his team reveals a dramatic and concerning shift in the ...

At Svalbard, Norway this winter, scientists encountered exceptionally high temperatures, widespread snowmelt, and blooming vegetation - all symptoms of global warming.

In one of the top Arctic birding destinations in the world, environmental and health challenges are threatening some of the ...

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...

With the Arctic warming faster than the global average, researchers at UBC and the University of Edinburgh have made an important discovery about tundra plants and how they are adapting faster ...

World Arctic plant study reveals an ‘early warning sign’ of climate change upheaval A warming tundra has seen unexpected shifts, raising the alarm about fragile ecosystems and those who rely ...

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state ...

This month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual Arctic Report Card. It contained sobering news about the state of the tundra. NOAA reported that after storing ...

Arctic Tundra Shifts To Source Of Climate Pollution, According To New Report Card NOAA scientists and affiliated researchers have documented profound change in the frozen north as U.S. government ...

Simultaneously, the impacts of climate change are growing, increasing Arctic wildfires, affecting buildings and roads as permafrost thaws, and increasing flooding and coastal erosion as sea levels ...