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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...