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 ...

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 ...

But in the upper layers of soil, around 1,700 types of plants find a way to flourish. The Arctic tundra contains a number of low shrubs and sedges as well as reindeer mosses, liverworts, grasses ...

Arctic plants serve as early indicators of climate change, revealing critical shifts in ecosystems that impact the planet's future. The post Arctic Plants: Early Indicators of Climate Change ...

The warming Arctic has dual effects, adversely impacting soil, ice, plants, animals, and communities that rely on them, with consequences extending far beyond the region.

The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. But rising temperatures and wildfires in the region are changing ... That has mainly been due to carbon uptake from plants, ...

The study, published today in the journal PNAS Nexus, highlights the importance of large herbivores to the Arctic ecosystem, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra ...

For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the ...

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.

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 ...

Rapid climate change is upending plant communities in the Arctic, with species flourishing in some areas and declining in others, according to a new study in Nature. The decades-long investigation, ...

The study, published today in the journal PNAS Nexus, highlights the importance of large herbivores to the Arctic ecosystem, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra.