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.

Scientists collect tundra plant biodiversity data using point framing on Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island in the Canadian Arctic. (Jeff Kerby. The results show how vegetation changes are an early warning ...

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 ...

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 ...

from the Alaskan tundra to rainforests in Puerto Rico. The findings showed about 20% of the sites around the world had roots that peaked in mass twice along their depth, meaning these plants had a ...

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 ...