As the Arctic continues to warm faster than anywhere else on Earth, the temperature shift is driving changes in plant life, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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).

Multiple states in the U.S. were recently in the grip of tornadoes, wildfires, and dust storms. The fires that scorched parts of Texas and Oklahoma burnt through almost 300 homes, reliving the ...

The temperature has also been rising; the past nine years have been the warmest on record in the Arctic. The changes have affected the region’s wildlife, with migratory tundra caribou ...

Climate change impacts on the Western Arctic Caribou Herd go beyond the spread of shrubs displacing tundra plants. Warm winter conditions in 2005 produced two days of rain in the herd’s winter ...

Climate change impacts on the Western Arctic Caribou Herd go beyond the spread of shrubs displacing tundra plants. Warm winter conditions in 2005 produced two days of rain in the herd’s winter range, ...

Wildfires and thawing permafrost are causing the Arctic region to release more carbon dioxide and methane than its plants ... tundra caribou is that they are often eating less, and changes to ...