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.

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 ...

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 ...

KS3/GCSE Geography. Arctic tundra biome. Ferne Corrigan explains how people, animals and plants have adapted to survive the harsh tundra biome. Suitable for teaching Geography at KS3, GCSE ...

Our understanding of plant and tree roots may have been somewhat shallow. New research reveals many plants have a hidden second set of roots that extend far deeper into the soil.According to a new ...

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 ...

Wildfires destroy 30% of plants diversity in Yakut tundra wildfires, scientists report By analyzing preliminary data, scientists can rate changes in the Arctic ecosystem YAKUTSK, March 6.