The re-profiling of plant communities is important because it could alter the way the tundra ecosystem functions. Taller Arctic plants will trap more snow around them, insulating the ground from ...

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 ...

After storing carbon dioxide for millennia in frozen soil, the Arctic tundra has now become a source ... This warming stimulates plant growth, removing carbon from the atmosphere, but also causes ...

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 ...

They analyzed the communities, typical for the local sub-Arctic tundra ... Among the pioneer plants that were the first to appear on the wildfire sites, also was narrowleaf willow, and marsh ...