Arctic tundra plants must adapt to the cold ... Animals of the alpine tundra biome migrate to lower elevations in winter to escape the cold and find food. Animals in this biome include marmots ...

The average winter temperature in the Arctic is -34 ... the permafrost, this biome has better draining soils that support a wider variety of plant life. Alpine tundra ecosystems are located ...

Orndahl et al, Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome, Remote Sensing of Environment (2025).

Even short surges of wild winter weather — 24 hours of rainfall on snow-covered ground, for example — can decimate animal and plant ... on-snow and tundra reindeer nomadism in Arctic Russia.

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.

Orndahl et al, Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome, Remote Sensing of Environment (2025).

A recent study has found that climate change is altering Arctic plant communities ... at the University of British Columbia, examines tundra plants in Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk.

The research looked at more than 2,000 tundra plant communities ... But as the Arctic transforms before our eyes, such efforts are proving invaluable in documenting — and interpreting — changes in one ...

The decades-long investigation, led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, compiled data from 1981 to 2022 on more than 2,000 plant communities across the Arctic tundra. Analysis revealed ...