One of the most visible effects of climate change in the Arctic is increasing ... have a significant effect on the carbon cycle. As a result, a warming tundra growing more shrub cover could ...

And concerningly, the region’s tundra has transitioned from ... includes a detailed accounting of how the carbon cycle is changing in the Arctic. Scientists have been closely watching what ...

The planet’s oceans, forests, and soil are well-known carbon sinks. The Arctic Boreal Zone (ABZ) is a particularly important one: for many centuries now, its tundra, coniferous forests ...

As the frozen ground warms much faster than expected, it’s reshaping the landscape—and releasing carbon gases that ... on every other stream in the Arctic tundra,” Tape said.

Lapland is a region of northern Scandinavia - part of the Arctic tundra. In Finnish the word ‘tundra’ means ‘treeless plain’. The arctic tundra encircles the North Pole, extending from the ...