Observed ecosystem-level changes in the Arctic include ... and emergence of insects have shifted by up to 30 days earlier per decade in some Arctic regions. [1] However, species may not shift their ...

How is plant life adapted to survive in freezing Arctic temperatures? A limited number of species including algae and lichens are able to survive all year round. On Ellesmere Island, the water is ...

If there’s one thing he’s learnt from his years of research in the Arctic circle, it’s to be prepared for extremes. Gareth Phoenix, a Professor at the University of Sheffield, studies Arctic ...

In Greenland, researchers from around the world document the warming arctic—and share a sense ... are relying on people all the time for your life to work out, right, but you don’t see it ...

deputy of operations for the Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments in the Arctic (NGEE Arctic) project, led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The reason for the thawing is climate change.

Indeed, Arctic ecosystems may be disproportionately affected by global warming because average Arctic temperatures have increased at almost twice the global average rate over the past 100 years ...

Learn about the effects of a changing climate on the Arctic ecosystem and four of its well ... lead to polar bear extinction. Explore the life that thrives in the Arctic region in this interactive ...

Twigs, other plant matter ... and collapsed ice cellars where Arctic hunters store walrus meat and bowhead whale blubber. Warm summers are already warping life for Arctic residents.

Snapshots taken by the European Sentinel 2 satellite show the Arctic LNG 2 facility flaring gas on March 30. An earlier picture captured on March 22 did not show a flame or any indication of activity.