A seemingly minor trickle of groundwater beneath Alaska’s tundra is quietly releasing vast amounts of carbon into the ocean.

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...

A shocking transformation has gripped West Greenland, where thousands of once-pristine blue lakes turned brown after an ...

For example, ocean acidification could lead to increased vulnerability of some of the organisms that live on and under the seafloor, such as crustaceans, clams, and snails. As permafrost continues ...

Lakes in Greenland Suffer From 'Extreme Climate' Conditions, Experts Note Decline in Water Quality and Carbon Emission In fall 2022, West Greenland faced record heat and precipitation, which possibly ...

Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar and University of Maine Climate Change Institute Associate Director Jasmine Saros, also a professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology with UMaine’s School of ...

The heat also caused permafrost—frozen soil that stores ... and the organic carbon was available for aquatic organisms to use," Saros said. "Because the lakes turned so brown, it reduced the ...

The heat also caused permafrost — frozen soil that stores ... and the organic carbon was available for aquatic organisms to use,” Saros said. “Because the lakes turned so brown, it reduced ...