Aa Aa Aa Differences in temperature or precipitation determine the types of plants ... This biome is named for the dominant trees that drop their leaves during the winter months.

The temporal and spatial snow cover dynamics is the primary factor controlling the plant communities' composition and biogeochemical cycles in arctic and alpine tundra. However, the relationships ...

You wouldn’t want to forget your winter woollies ... Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome. Ferne describes the location ...

But now we’re near the Arctic Circle ... similar animals and plants live. Some of the world’s main biomes include rainforest, desert, savannah, grassland, woodland and tundra.

The warming Arctic has dual effects, adversely impacting soil, ice, plants ... tundra caribou. One main reason for the decline in tundra caribou is that they are often eating less, and changes to ...

An active layer of permafrost is the only layer of soil that can support plant ... Arctic tundra (a frigid treeless plain) and the northern boreal woodlands that border the tundra. This type of ...

They analyzed the communities, typical for the local sub-Arctic tundra ... trigger soil erosion processes: the tundra's upper cover, being left without plant protection, warms up faster and ...

We look at the worrying trend of carbon emissions from the Arctic tundra, the coldest region in the planet, and the geography of biomes. The extreme weather event is Cyclone Chido that struck ...