a plant indigenous to tundra ecosystems in Alaska. Wilkes undergraduates are participating in the project as field assistants, spending up to 10 weeks during the summer at the Toolik Lake Field ...

This warming stimulates plant growth ... emissions north of the Arctic Circle. When accounting for emissions from these wildfires, the report card found that the Arctic tundra has shifted from ...

Text by Arik Gabbai A female wolverine roams the Arctic tundra at the edge of the Brooks Range, on Alaska’s North Slope. Peter Mather No creature of the Far North is less beloved than the wolverine.

That's a major transition that could reap consequences on human, plant and ... focus of the latest Arctic evaluation was the effects of warmer weather and wildfires on the tundra, a far-northern ...

He decided to go to the Arctic after he had seen a program about the region on the central TV. Every day in the North, he said, is similar to the previous day. Plus the problems related to the ...

The North Pole is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean. A narwhal's tusk can grow up to three metres in length. The Arctic tundra has over 1,700 species of plant. 98% of the continent of Antarctica is ...

ARKHANGELSK, August 12. /TASS/. Biologists, participating in the Arctic Floating University’s expedition, studied cushion plants in the north of Novaya Zemlya to see how the flora adapts to ...

The arctic tundra encircles the North Pole, extending from the frozen ... leaving muddy pools of water. Some plants and vegetation do grow here. The bearberry plant has had to evolve to survive ...