But there are a number of plants and animals that still call this unforgiving ecosystem their home. There are three types of tundra biomes: Arctic tundra, Antarctic tundra, and Alpine tundra.

Rapid climate change is upending established plant diversity and growth patterns in the Arctic, with species blooming in some areas and declining in others, suggests a study published today in the ...

In the tundra, there’s no clear winner. Scientists studying plants in one of the most extreme environments on Earth say the Arctic is indeed changing under the impact of global warming—but not in a ...

Arctic tundra, which for thousands of years ... in Alaska’s Cape Krusenstern National Monument on Aug. 31, 2008. Tundra plants absorb atmospheric carbon in the summer, when they use sunlight ...

A new study highlights the importance of caribou and muskoxen to the greening Arctic tundra, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra. The story of Arctic greening ...

The warming Arctic has dual effects, adversely impacting soil, ice, plants, animals, and communities that rely on them, with ...

That has mainly been due to carbon uptake from plants, which regulate ... But warming air temperatures in the Arctic are breaking down permafrost across the tundra, in some cases, severely.

The last nine years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, and this year saw a number of new milestones in the region: It was the rainiest summer on record, and plant life ...

Arctic Tundra Has Long Helped Cool Earth. Now, It’s Fueling Warming. Wildfires and thawing permafrost are causing the region to release more carbon dioxide than its plants remove, probably for ...

Here are some key takeaways from this year's Arctic Report Card: Arctic tundra: carbon sink to carbon source. Permafrost is full of carbon that has been locked away by plants over millennia.

The decades-long investigation, led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, compiled data from 1981 to 2022 on more than 2,000 plant communities across the Arctic tundra. Analysis revealed ...