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

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou Herd ...

Scientists studied plant DNA to understand past extinctions. They found that warming climates increase competition, ...

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

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

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 treeless tundra that rings the Arctic Ocean covers an area nearly ... “For the caribou, these shrubbier plants are crowding out the lichen that are their food source, and so it’s becoming ...

Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb ... Once it thaws, scientists warn long-dead plant matter can decompose and release massive amounts of ...

NUNAVUT – Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet ... Once it thaws, scientists warn long-dead plant matter can decompose and release massive amounts of planet-warming carbon ...