Some theories suggest that this “Arctic greening” will help counteract climate change. The idea is that since plants take up carbon dioxide as they grow, rising temperatures will mean Arctic ...

Photons filter down through the atmosphere and are eagerly absorbed by light-powered organisms such as plants and algae ... Every winter in the high Arctic, for example, the sun, hidden by ...

Arctic wintergreen, a very rare species, grows among birch and willow shrubs near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

As the Arctic summer grows longer and warmer, tundra shrubs grow taller and the Arctic becomes greener. Animals once unable to survive in the polar extremes are now invading and competing for ...

As these plants and animals died, the cold slowed their decomposition. Over time, windblown silt buried them deep, locking them in permafrost. The upshot is that Arctic permafrost is much richer ...

So it’s root system is shallow to cope with the thin and frozen soil and the plants grow closely together to provide warmth and shelter from the strong winds. This is the Arctic fox. They are ...