If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

There could be ripple effects. Scientists raise red flag after discovering concerning trend with plants in Arctic: 'An early ...

Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. It’s a trend that will continue at ...

Woolly mammoths. Image via Depositphotos. Today’s tundra is an ecosystem in crisis. Covering approximately 10% of Earth’s surface, primarily in the Arctic regions of North America, Europe, and Asia, ...

There are three types of tundra biomes: Arctic tundra, Antarctic tundra, and Alpine tundra. Here's a closer look at each of these ecosystems and the plants and animals that live there.

The research looked at more than 2,000 tundra plant communities across 45 Arctic regions. It showed that in some places, biodiversity increased; in others it declined, according to Utah State ...

Scientists studying Arctic plants say the ecosystems that host life in some of the most inhospitable reaches of the planet are changing in unexpected ways in an “early warning sign” for a ...

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 ...

Arctic tundra, a frozen treeless biome which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHGs) which are the primary drivers of global warming, ...

But warming air temperatures in the Arctic are breaking down permafrost across the tundra, in some cases, severely. The Arctic report, for example, showed Alaskan permafrost temperatures in 2024 ...

Now scientists can add the Arctic tundra to that list. In most ecosystems, plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Those plants grow, die, or get eaten by animals that also grow and die.