Northern wildfires can reshape climate for years, sometimes cooling the planet but also releasing carbon from thawing permafrost.

In northern latitudes and high altitudes, permafrost stays frozen year-round, holding mountain summits together. As global temperatures rise, much of it thaws, loosening soil and increasing landslide ...

In the face of climate change, permafrost peatland wildfires could play more of a role in the destructive cycle of global warming, University of Alberta research suggests.

The Arctic is emerging as a maritime crossroads where environmental risk, economic ambition and intensifying geopolitical ...

No companies bid for the chance to drill in more than 1 million acres of water off Alaska’s Cook Inlet, the Interior ...

Climate Central analyzed average spring (March, April, May) temperature data from 241 major U.S. cities and quantified the influence of human-caused climate change on each city’ ...

While Trump’s approach to Greenland has shifted, the world has been unable to slow the effects of climate change. The Arctic is warming faster than any other region in the world, driven by the burning ...

Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they appear. Researchers found that fires in boreal forests can burn deep into peat soils, releasing ancient carbon stored for hundreds or ...

UW researchers, including members of the RAPID facility, fly a drone along Cle Elum Ridge in the Eastern Cascades. The drone was equipped with a lidar ...

The devastating wildfires in northern Canada in recent years have climate consequences that go far beyond smoke and carbon ...

Forest managers in the eastern Cascades selectively thin forests to promote wildfire resilience. New research from the University of Washington shows that the same process can also increase seasonal ...

New research shows that fires in northern forests are releasing far more carbon than global climate models have been tracking.