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 ...

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

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 areas where shrubs increased, plant diversity often declined, particularly when tall shrubs crowded out smaller plants. However, other types of plants also play a role. Tundra communities dominated ...

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. But rising temperatures and wildfires in the region are changing ... That has mainly been due to carbon uptake from plants, ...