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Studying Plants, Permafrost, and Carbon near Barrow, Alaska
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Studying Plants, Permafrost, and Carbon near Barrow, Alaska

Compared to a photo-like image, a false-color image of the lake-dotted tundra near Barrow, Alaska, reveals more detail about the different plant communities occupying wetter or drier areas of the landscape.

Published Oct 22, 2009

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Why Monitoring Emissions from Permafrost Matters
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Why Monitoring Emissions from Permafrost Matters

NASA aerial campaigns monitor the gases leaking from Alaskan permafrost for signs of change.

Published Apr 12, 2016

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Arctic Waters Keep Warming in 2013
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Arctic Waters Keep Warming in 2013

A new report summarizes Arctic environmental conditions in 2013, including sea surface temperatures.

Published Dec 13, 2013

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Permafrost Becoming a Carbon Source Instead of a Sink
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Permafrost Becoming a Carbon Source Instead of a Sink

As global and regional warming continues, winter emissions of carbon dioxide from Arctic lands are offsetting what plants absorb in the summer.

Published Nov 19, 2019

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The Greening Arctic
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The Greening Arctic

Rising temperatures have brought a longer growing season in the high latitudes. Once-treeless tundra ecosystems have greened the most, while boreal forests had a more mixed response.

Published Mar 14, 2013

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The Warming Arctic
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The Warming Arctic

Published Oct 25, 2003

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Spring Thaw on North Slope
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Spring Thaw on North Slope

In the first weeks of June 2010, winter snow disappears from the lake-dotted tundra of Alaska’s North Slope like a dust cover whisked off a stained glass work of art.

Published Jun 17, 2010

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Where Are Arctic Soils Defrosting?
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Where Are Arctic Soils Defrosting?

A holey, Swiss cheese-like landscape, thermokarst is distributed widely across the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere.

Published Jan 18, 2017

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Strong Summer Cyclone Churns Over the Arctic
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Strong Summer Cyclone Churns Over the Arctic

Is climate change affecting Arctic cyclones?

Published Aug 10, 2012

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Arctic Amplification
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Arctic Amplification

Temperatures are warming faster in the Arctic than anywhere else in the world. Here’s why.

Published May 26, 2013

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Winter Temperatures and the Arctic Oscillation
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Winter Temperatures and the Arctic Oscillation

Much of the Northern Hemisphere experienced cold land surface temperatures in December 2009, but the Arctic was exceptionally warm.

Published Jan 9, 2010

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Methane Emissions from the Arctic Ocean
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Methane Emissions from the Arctic Ocean

Airborne measurements detect the greenhouse gas rising out of cracks in the ice cap.

Published May 9, 2012

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