Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome. Ferne describes the location of the tundra biomes around the ...

The news that the frigid Arctic ... with tundra ecosystems aren't clearly net emitters of more greenhouse gases than they take in, but this transition may be coming. However, the boreal biome ...

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 ...

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 ...

videoHow animals have adapted to live in the Arctic tundra How people, animals and plants have adapted to survive the harsh Arctic tundra biome.

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 ...

A new study suggests regions of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet ... As permafrost thaws, long-dead plant matter begins to decompose and release planet-warming CO2 and methane ...