This warming stimulates plant growth ... emissions north of the Arctic Circle. When accounting for emissions from these ...

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 ...

The diversity of local communities in Yakutia's north dropped by about 30% after ... They analyzed the communities, typical for the local sub-Arctic tundra. "The fire has destroyed almost the ...

The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. But rising temperatures and wildfires in the region are changing that, scientists say.

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.

HABITAT: Arctic foxes live in Arctic and alpine tundra, in coastal areas, on ice floes, and north of the tree line. RANGE: The Arctic fox has a circumpolar range and is found in the tundra extending ...

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 ...

Right now, in March, Tundra Swans are beginning to journey north toward their breeding grounds in the arctic region of North America. There, they nest on marshy tundra lakes (and yes, it's their ...