We wanted to find out how much carbon and nitrogen is being released from the northern permafrost. Here’s the region’s first ...

As the climate warms and Arctic permafrost thaws, some of the toxic elements locked away in it are starting to emerge and could contaminate the water supplies that many northern communities rely on.

When permafrost soils thaw, the microbes find more organic material they can convert. As a result, nitrogen and nitrous oxide can also be outgassed from these soils. Small-scale climate models ...

De-extinction scientists have turned their attention to species from more 'recent' times — notably the Quaternary Period, ...

Thawing permafrost releases greenhouse gases, impacting climate change. Arctic regions shift from carbon sinks to sources of emissions. Study reveals methane's role in exacerbating global warming.

As a retired DNR manager, I know how important Minnesota’s peatlands are to our state’s natural heritage and community wellbeing. Our peatlands were formed over the last 5,000 years – follow ...

A new voluntary certification aiming to help restore Ireland’s peatlands and boost climate resilience by allowing farmers and landowners to demonstrate the environmental benefit of their ...

Where it is cold enough for year-to-year snow accumulation, a glacier may form. Coastal erosion reveals the extent of ice-rich permafrost underlying the active layer on the Arctic Coastal Plain in the ...

One of the world’s largest “blue carbon” ecosystems, Louisiana’s tidal wetlands on the US Gulf of Mexico coast, is rapidly being lost. Louisiana’s strong legal, regulatory, and monitoring framework, ...

ASTANA – Two travelers from Slovakia set out on an extraordinary adventure, traversing a remarkable range of temperatures—from minus 48 to plus 30 degrees Celsius—over 29,700 kilometers in just 91 ...