The findings paint a new picture of life in the Arctic’s polar night and possibly beyond. Life may not be packed entirely into a few short months of summer; rather, the waters may be productive ...

KS2 Geography. Biomes. A short video for pupils aged 7 to 11 investigating two of Earth's major biomes - savannahs and ...

The Batagaika crater in eastern Siberia, half a mile wide and growing, is the largest of many across the Arctic ... plant detritus. Called the active layer, this soil normally thaws each summer ...

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 ...

Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

The arctic tundra encircles the North Pole ... only a few centimetres - may melt during the summer months, leaving muddy pools of water. Some plants and vegetation do grow here.