America hosts many animals, including the beautiful, ugly, cute, dangerous, wild, and domesticated. Among these animals is ...

With the Arctic warming faster than the global average, researchers at UBC and the University of Edinburgh have made an important discovery about tundra plants and how they are adapting faster ...

Arctic tundra plants must adapt to the cold, dark conditions of the tundra as the sun does not rise during the winter months. These plants experience brief growth periods during summer when ...

With the Arctic warming faster than the global average, researchers at UBC and the University of Edinburgh have made an important discovery about tundra plants and how they are ... rely on lichen in ...

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 average winter temperature in the Arctic is ... of 6-10 inches limits that growth to only the hardiest of plants. The Arctic tundra is characterized by its layer of permafrost or permanently ...

Accelerated Arctic warming ... Even short surges of wild winter weather — 24 hours of rainfall on snow-covered ground, for example — can decimate animal and plant populations and change ...

A recent study has found that climate change is altering Arctic plant communities, with some species declining ... now have a much more abundant food source to get them through the winter," Reid said.

Scientists say the tundra’s permafrost stores a third of the planet’s carbon. But if the plants on the surface change, that could alter the permafrost, changing how much carbon is being stored ...

The relocation highlights America’s failure to prepare for the ways climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places ...