The risk of losing stored carbon is high. Scientists warn against problematic trend gaining traction in the Arctic: 'It does ...

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

From Alaska to Siberia, the Arctic is changing so rapidly that there is no "normal" there now, scientists warn. The consequences reach across the globe. The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon ...

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 region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic ...

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 ...

Even though his recent years’ work in Arctic Alaska has been focused on plants, he said encountering willows and other woody plants covering what used to be open tundra west of the Dalton ...

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 ...

Among the pioneer plants that were the first to appear on ... of frozen soils in post-pyrogenic landscapes in the sub-Arctic tundra, point to thermal anomalies in the permafrost that have ...

A new study suggests regions of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, upending a millennia-old trend. The study published in academic journal Nature Climate ...