Land-based carbon sinks help slow global warming by absorbing excess heat-trapping CO2 emissions. Read more at ...

KS2 Geography. Biomes. A short video for pupils aged 7 to 11 investigating two of Earth's major biomes - savannahs and ...

After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by frequent wildfires that are turning it into a net source of ...

Soil, river sediment and dead vegetation lock away more planet-warming CO2 caused by humanity than trees, said a new study ...

Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

"The concentrations and reserves of organic substances in the Arctic urbanized ecosystems' soils have been studied perhaps even less than in the soils of reference tundra and forest-tundra ecosystems.

A greener Arctic brings new environmental threats, too. Tundra wildfires are now more common, spewing carbon dioxide into the air. By thawing soils and unlocking nutrients for microbes to digest ...

As soil a couple of feet deep ... in this issue. With the Arctic warming much faster than the rest of the planet, Welch writes, “In 2017 tundra in Greenland faced its worst known wildfire.” ...

The arctic tundra encircles the North Pole ... So it’s root system is shallow to cope with the thin and frozen soil and the plants grow closely together to provide warmth and shelter from ...

Microbes in permafrost (soil that has remained frozen for two ... other researchers declared that Arctic tundra is now a small net source of carbon dioxide when wildfire emissions are included ...