Among these animals is the Arctic hare, the largest hare in North America. The Arctic hare has large claws on all four feet, ...

Animals in the Arctic and alpine tundra must adapt to cold and harsh conditions. Large Arctic mammals, such as musk ox and caribou, are heavily insulated against the cold and migrate to warmer ...

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The warming Arctic has dual effects, adversely impacting soil, ice, plants, animals, and communities that rely on them, with ...

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou ...

Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of planet-warming pollution. ... Not all Arctic animals are faring as well.

For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the ...

The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. But rising temperatures and wildfires in the region are changing that, scientists say. Arctic tundra becoming a source of carbon ...

Arctic tundra, Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. ... Not all Arctic animals are faring so well. Inland caribou populations have declined by 65% over recent decades, according to the report card.

The Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, ... animals, and communities that rely on them, with consequences extending far beyond the region.

But warming air temperatures in the Arctic are breaking down permafrost across the tundra, in some cases, severely. The Arctic report, for example, showed Alaskan permafrost temperatures in 2024 ...