The tundra, Earth’s coldest biome, is home to some impressively resourceful plants. They survive and often thrive in an environment that sees just a maximum of 10 inches of rain annually and ...

While still very cold, the growing season of the Alpine tundra is around 180 days. Plants that thrive in these conditions include dwarf shrubs, grasses, small-leafed shrubs, and heaths.

Our understanding of plant and tree roots may have been somewhat shallow. New research reveals many plants have a hidden ...

Plants and trees send their roots into the ground to soak up water and nutrients from the soil. Until now, scientists ...

Beneath the forest floor lies an overlooked secret: many plants grow a second set of roots far deeper than expected sometimes ...

Ecologist Isla Myers-Smith researches how tundra plants respond to climate change and what it means for future ecosystems. While she's mostly worked in the Canadian Arctic, for the last two years ...

Even in the icy tundra, we arrive at the inevitable conclusion that a) increased atmospheric CO2 benefits plants, and b) increased temperature does not impede the ability of plants to benefit from CO2 ...

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 ...

The growth of woody plants in Arctic tundra regions affects more than caribou. In northwestern Alaska, where the growth has been most dramatic, it has attracted a proliferation of beavers , for ...

Tundra describes the Arctic’s tree-less plains, where shrubs, grasses, and mosses grow and take in carbon dioxide through photosynthesis. Plants eventually release that CO2 back into the ...

The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. ... plant and animal life far beyond Earth's northernmost arena, ...