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Satellite imagery: Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland (Arctic)
Northern carbon crisis: Arctic-boreal region shifts to source statusClimate

Northern carbon crisis: Arctic-boreal region shifts to source status

After thousands of years functioning as one of Earth’s most crucial carbon sinks, the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) is undergoing a significant transformation. A comprehensive record…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 21, 2025 Full article
Map of areas that experienced ecosystem climate stress in the Arctic-boreal region between 1997-2020 as detected by multiple variables including satellite data and long-term temperature records
Arctic hotspots reveal vulnerable ecosystems in Siberia, Alaska, and CanadaClimate

Arctic hotspots reveal vulnerable ecosystems in Siberia, Alaska, and Canada

New research sheds light on rapidly warming regions in the Arctic-boreal zone, revealing areas of intense ecological stress. The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 16, 2025 Full article
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Scientists struggle to explain record surge in global heatClimate

Scientists struggle to explain record surge in global heat

The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into uncharted territory --…
SourceSourceDecember 21, 2024 Full article
A group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge (s. tundra, climate)
Arctic tundra shifting from carbon sink to carbon sourceClimate

Arctic tundra shifting from carbon sink to carbon source

The Arctic is undergoing profound transformations that are accelerating climate change. Once a region that stored carbon dioxide for millennia in its frozen soils, the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 10, 2024 Full article
Image: Male muskoxen near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
Grazing herbivores drive earlier green-up in Greenland tundra plants, study findsScience

Grazing herbivores drive earlier green-up in Greenland tundra plants, study finds

A recent study has revealed that grazing animals like musk oxen and caribou are playing a notable role in influencing plant growth patterns, or phenology,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 12, 2024 Full article
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Rising Arctic temperatures spark new growth potential in Finnmark and SvalbardScience

Rising Arctic temperatures spark new growth potential in Finnmark and Svalbard

Recent data from the Climate-Ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra (COAT) suggests that conditions in the tundra regions of Svalbard and East Finnmark are becoming increasingly…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreNovember 12, 2024 Full article
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Boreal forests and tundra regions face severe impact over next 500 years of climate change, study revealsClimateNews

Boreal forests and tundra regions face severe impact over next 500 years of climate change, study reveals

A new study led by researchers from esteemed institutions including the White Rose universities of York and Leeds, Oxford, Montreal, and ETH, Switzerland, has shed…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreApril 9, 2024 Full article