The Arctic landscape is changing too, said the NSIDC’s Twila Moon. The thawing of permafrost — a jumble of soil, rocks and sediment held together by ice — is pervasive, she said, releasing ...

The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world. By Jonathan Bamber, The Conversation. Driven by climate change, thawing permafrost is radically changing the Arctic landscape ...

By Elizabeth Devitt It’s well established that the slow incremental “press” of rising temperatures ischanging the Arctic landscape, threatening the survival of plants and animals adapted to ...

A remote island in the Arctic Circle may seem an unlikely destination for an architecture and art festival. But, for visitors to SALT - a nomadic event inspired by the 'movement of animals and ...

The capillaries are part of a unique landscape system. In the Arctic, we have the frozen layer—the permafrost—and above that we have an active layer where the frozen ground cracks and, in the ...

A new study investigates the sinks and sources of key greenhouse gases of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the Arctic landscape with a spatial resolution of only a few square meters.

This could cause Arctic rivers to spread and grow, as well as adding new ones to the landscape, further speeding up the break-up of permafrost. And this shift in Arctic landscapes could have a ...

Polar bears, icebergs and trips in submarines all feature in the best things to see and do on an Arctic cruise. Jump to content. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ... volcanic landscape. ...

The site where the fossils were found is a classic Arctic landscape with high snow-capped mountains along the coast of a deep fjord. The fossils were exposed along a river channel fed by snow melt ...

My first Arctic venture was in 1983, with a fellow National Park Service ranger in a tandem kayak on the Noatak River in Gates of the Arctic. We awoke one morning, startled by the sounds of a big ...