Federal fire officials determined that the East Fork Fire was no longer a threat to lower Yukon River villages as of June 25, 2022. (Bureau of Land Management) In June, the largest tundra fire the ...

The Arctic is rapidly changing from the climate crisis, with no "new normal," scientists warn. Wildfires and permafrost thaw are making the tundra emit more carbon than it absorbs. From beaver ...

The news that the frigid Arctic tundra ringing the polar region has switched from being a net absorber, or "sink," of planet-warming greenhouse gases to a net emitter, or "source," indicates the ...

The North Star Fire Crew clears brush around power poles on the road between St. Mary's and Pitka's Point on June 11, 2022. The crew is made up of firefighters in training from around the country.

Chunks of carbon-rich frozen soil, or permafrost, undergird much of the Arctic tundra. This perpetually frozen layer sequesters carbon from the atmosphere, sometimes storing it for tens of thousands ...

Tundra plants can eek out an existence in the very short summers of the Canadian High Arctic such as here on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. (Anne Bjorkman, University of Gothenburg) Rapid climate change ...

FAIRBANKS — The July 2007 tundra fire near the Anaktuvuk River was the largest such ever recorded, but that wasn’t the only thing that made it noteworthy. According to a new study published in the ...

Jamie Sayen of Stratford is author of “You Had a Job for Life,” an oral history of the Groveton paper mill. Mount Washington’s summit region, an enchanting, wild, dangerous world, is home to the ...

Miles Pollard is an economic policy analyst with the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. A “green energy” project in rural North Dakota is yet another such initiative that misses the ...

Beavers are marching north into the Arctic tundra, colonizing parts of Alaska and Canada and significantly altering the landscape. The report, Beaver Engineering: Tracking a New Disturbance in the ...