A focus of the latest Arctic evaluation was the effects of warmer weather and wildfires on the tundra, a far-northern biome that's typically ... showed Alaskan permafrost temperatures in 2024 ...

The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of ...

The declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd use habitat with differing levels of climate change-related ...

Alaska’s Arctic Ocean shores had been known to hold oil in some capacity since the 1800s. Native Alaskans would cut blocks of tundra to use as fuel for heat, as the frozen grass was soaked with ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Eight thousand troops perform military exercises like hauling artillery, deploying attack helicopters, and parachuting into Alaska's Arctic tundra. Here's a closer ...

But now we’re near the Arctic Circle in Alaska ... Some of the world’s main biomes include rainforest, desert, savannah, grassland, woodland and tundra. Each biome has characteristics that ...

From Alaska to Siberia, the Arctic is changing so rapidly that there is no "normal" there now, scientists warn. The consequences reach across the globe. The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon ...

NGEE Arctic researchers have measured and modeled these key tundra processes during their time in Alaska, gaining valuable ... the larger landscape to the biome level. We then use machine learning ...

"Our observations now show that the Arctic tundra, which is experiencing warming ... gases -- through microbial decomposition. In 2024, Alaska recorded its second-warmest permafrost temperatures ...