Caribou and muskoxen significantly affect Arctic plant growth, revealing their overlooked role in climate impacts.

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 study, published today in the journal PNAS Nexus, highlights the importance of large herbivores to the Arctic ecosystem, ...

Landscape fires trigger soil erosion processes: the tundra's upper cover, being left without plant protection, warms up faster and deeper, which leads to a significant degradation of the permafrost.

At the time, Minnkota officials said a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency had created "uncertainty" for Project Tundra. The rule requires coal power plants to cut or capture 90% ...

After three decades, I had returned north with a purpose: to assess how tundra plants were responding in a rapidly changing ...

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.

Each biome has characteristics that make it unique, for example Alaska is a type of tundra. The animals and plants have to be really tough to survive the freezing conditions. Deserts are dry and ...

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 three decades, I had returned north with a purpose: to assess how tundra plants were responding in a rapidly changing climate. For my assistants and me, the plan was straightforward.