Scientists worry as services with information about sea ice, snowpack, glaciers and other Arctic conditions are being ...

Provides an introduction to Earth's biomes, explaining how they are communities of living organisms shaped by climate and ...

Tundra swans — at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost 6 feet — are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of ...

Fascinated by the unique, divergent paths of the two populations of tundra swans, Ely and others studied which group, ...

In the last few years, seasonal transitions in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have become more disruptive. Now every spring, when ...

“We are getting more wildfire in places that used to hardly ever see wildfire, particularly in Southwest Alaska." The state is on the frontlines of climate change, with dramatic changes “real ...

published in March 2025 by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium. The state is on the frontlines of climate change, with dramatic changes “real and visible," according to The Nature Conservancy cha ...

When it comes to climate, what happens in the Arctic doesn ... and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome, Remote Sensing of Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.

As a result, after batting around the idea for a while, National Weather Service offices in Juneau and Fairbanks, Alaska, will start issuing heat advisories for the first time this summer, said Rick ...