There is a profound quietude north of Alaska’s Brooks Range, the string of mountains separating the boreal forest from the Arctic tundra. Traveling along the Dalton Highway, the one road to the Arctic ...

This article was originally featured on High Country News. Chunks of carbon-rich frozen soil, or permafrost, undergird much of the Arctic tundra. This perpetually frozen layer sequesters carbon from ...

Evergreen trees at the edge of Alaska's tundra are growing faster, suggesting that at least some forests may be adapting to a rapidly warming climate, says a new study. While forests elsewhere are ...

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He commutes more than an hour each morning, but Brooklyn high school teacher Chandler Griffith has gone farther for his students – more than 1,000 extra miles. Griffith was among 10 U.S. teachers who ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A wildfire that burned over 400 square miles of Alaska tundra in the scorching summer of 2007 poured as much carbon into the atmosphere as the entire Arctic normally ...

One of the biggest bird-watching thrills in Ohio is to set eyes upon the beautiful tundra swan. Flocks of hundreds have been seen during the fall migration heading east over Lake Erie. During the fall ...

Improper and careless management of chemical and oil wastes on Alaska`s North Slope is seriously damaging the delicate tundra environment there, according to an unpublished draft report by the ...

Species such as the musk ox, Arctic fox and lemming live in the harsh, cold and deserted tundra environment. However, they have often been in the spotlight when researchers have studied the impact of ...

Evergreen trees at the edge of Alaska's tundra are growing faster, suggesting that at least some forests may be adapting to a rapidly warming climate, says a new study. While forests elsewhere are ...