Tundra News

Posted June 11, 2013:

• Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic?

Posted June 10, 2013:

• Potentially 'Catastrophic' Changes Underway in Canada's Northern Mackenzie River Basin

Posted June 9, 2013:

• Duck Genome Provides New Insight Into Fighting Bird Flu

Posted May 29, 2013:

• Researchers Shed New Light on Egg Freezing Success Rates
• Arctic Current Flowed Under Deep Freeze of Last Ice Age, Study Says

Posted May 28, 2013:

• Study Explores Atmospheric Impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice

Posted May 23, 2013:

• Bacterium from Canadian High Arctic Offers Clues to Possible Life on Mars

Posted May 21, 2013:

• Changing Arctic: What Should Be Done?

Posted May 16, 2013:

• Research Into Carbon Storage in Arctic Tundra Reveals Unexpected Insight Into Ecosystem Resiliency

Posted May 13, 2013:

• As Canada Takes Arctic Council Helm, Experts Stress North's Vulnerability to Spills, Emergencies

Posted May 9, 2013:

• Ice-Free Arctic May Be in Our Future, International Researchers Say

Posted May 8, 2013:

• Dietary Flexibility May Have Helped Some Large Predators Survive After Last Ice Age

Posted May 6, 2013:

• You Are What (and Where) You Eat: Mercury Pollution Threatens Arctic Foxes

Posted April 26, 2013:

• Scientists Investigate Release of Bromine in Polar Regions

Posted April 24, 2013:

• Mammal and Bug Food Co-Op in the High Arctic
• Sunlit Snow Triggers Atmospheric Cleaning, Ozone Depletion in the Arctic

Posted April 18, 2013:

• Remote-Sensing Study Quantifies Permafrost Degradation in Arctic Alaskan Wetlands

Posted April 17, 2013:

• Bear Baiting May Put Hunting Dogs at Risk from Wolves

Posted April 16, 2013:

• Scientists Discover New Materials to Capture Methane

Posted April 12, 2013:

• Arctic Nearly Free of Summer Sea Ice During First Half of 21st Century, Experts Predict

Posted April 9, 2013:

• Pioneering Study Calculates Arctic Ocean Nutrient Budget

Posted April 3, 2013:

• 2013 Wintertime Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Fifth Lowest on Record
• Thin Clouds Drove Greenland's Record-Breaking 2012 Ice Melt
• Breeding Birds Vulnerable to Climate Change in Arctic Alaska: A Story of Winners and Losers

Posted March 31, 2013:

• New Models Predict Drastically Greener Arctic in Coming Decades

Posted March 29, 2013:

• Black Bears on the Rebound in Nevada

Posted March 27, 2013:

• New Bone Survey Method Could Aid Long-Term Survival of Arctic Caribou
• New Fossil Species from a Fish-Eat-Fish World When Limbed Animals Evolved

Posted March 19, 2013:

• For Polar Bears, It's Survival of the Fattest

Posted March 15, 2013:

• Chemicals Pollutants Threaten Health in the Arctic

Posted March 14, 2013:

• DNA Study Clarifies How Polar Bears and Brown Bears Are Related

Posted March 12, 2013:

• Canadian Arctic Glacier Melt Accelerating, Irreversible, Projections Suggest
• Antarctic and Arctic Insects Use Different Genetic Mechanisms to Cope With Lack of Water

Posted March 11, 2013:

• Causes of 2011 Arctic Ozone Hole Determined
• Ozone Layer Above North Pole Expected to Recover by End of Century

Posted March 10, 2013:

• Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shaping North Into South

Posted March 7, 2013:

• Glaciers Will Melt Faster Than Ever and Loss Could Be Irreversible Warn Scientists

Posted March 5, 2013:

• More Storms Like Sandy? Arctic Ice Loss Amplified Superstorm Sandy Violence
• Remains of Extinct Giant Camel Discovered in High Arctic

Posted March 4, 2013:

• Global Warming Will Open Unexpected New Shipping Routes in Arctic, Researchers Find

Posted March 1, 2013:

• 3-D Printing Using Old Milk Jugs

Posted February 25, 2013:

• March of the Pathogens: Parasite Metabolism Can Foretell Disease Ranges Under Climate Change

Posted February 21, 2013:

• Caves Point to Thawing of Siberia: Thaw in Siberia's Permafrost May Accelerate Global Warming

Posted February 19, 2013:

• Climate Change Effect on Plant Communities Is Buffered by Large Herbivores, New Research Suggests

Posted February 18, 2013:

• Cushion Plants Help Other Plants Survive
• Reduced Sea Ice Disturbs Balance of Greenhouse Gases

Posted February 17, 2013:

• New Insect: Spectacular Forcepfly Species Discovered for the First Time in South America

Posted February 14, 2013:

• Rapid Changes in the Arctic Ecosystem During Ice Minimum in Summer 2012

Posted February 13, 2013:

• New Owl Species Discovered in Indonesia Is Unique to One Island
• Arctic Ocean Is on Thin Ice: European Satellite Confirms Numbers

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