By Liz Kimbrough The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic Report Card released by the U.S. National Oceanic and ...
Let’s talk about data. Just the facts. These data are information gathered by satellites, instruments on the ground (thermometers, wind speed gauges, etc.), lasers and the many other ways humans use ...
The graph shows how yearly Arctic (red line) and global (grey line) temperatures compared to the long-term average (1991-2020) from 1900–2024. Data provided by NASA. (NOAA Climate.gov ...
The world set yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly U.S., a cooling La Nina​​ and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, the European climate service Copernicus ...
As soil a couple of feet deep goes from frozen to mush, the release of carbon could push climate change to a tipping point, writer Craig Welch reports in “Arctic permafrost is thawing fast.
The thawing of the permafrost not only changes the face of the Arctic, it also has an impact on Earth's climate. This is because permafrost stores huge amounts of carbon—the soils in the ...
A geopolitical storm is brewing in the Arctic, accelerated by climate change and a play for global domination of Arctic land, coastline and trade routes that provide access to massive reserves of ...
Rising temperatures, a melting Arctic and increasing global water and resource scarcity are behind United States President Donald Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st American state. A ...