The snowy white tundra swan breeds in the Arctic and migrates many miles to ... feed by dipping their heads underwater to pluck aquatic plants, tubers, and roots. They also eat shellfish and ...

The temporal and spatial snow cover dynamics is the primary factor controlling the plant communities' composition and biogeochemical cycles in arctic and alpine tundra. However, the relationships ...

They analyzed the communities, typical for the local sub-Arctic tundra ... trigger soil erosion processes: the tundra's upper cover, being left without plant protection, warms up faster and ...

Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome. Ferne describes the location of the tundra biomes around the ...

The Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon dioxide ... The warming Arctic has dual effects, adversely impacting soil, ice, plants, animals, and communities that rely on them, with consequences ...

Known for their remarkable survival skills, Arctic foxes are a vital part of the tundra ecosystem ... which means it eats ...

A new study suggests regions of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet ... As permafrost thaws, long-dead plant matter begins to decompose and release planet-warming CO2 and methane ...