Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

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

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 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 ...

A third of the Arctic is now emitting climate-changing greenhouse gasses after thousands of years of storing them, according ...

This warming stimulates plant growth, removing carbon from the ... the report card found that the Arctic tundra has shifted from storing carbon to being a source of carbon emissions to the atmosphere.

Habitats are diverse environments where plants and animals live, providing natural resources that living things need to ...

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 ...