The average winter temperatures can be below -30C ... Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome.

An active layer of permafrost is the only layer of soil that can support plant life in the Arctic tundra, which lacks ... During the winter, the opposite occurs, and the entire landscape is ...

For our study, scientists braved bear territory and cold summer nights to collect extensive carbon dioxide measurements near plants and soil in 11 Arctic tundra ecosystems, including in Alaska, Canada ...

After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic ... While it stimulates plant productivity and growth, which removes carbon dioxide ...

Animals have had to adapt to the tundra climate in ways ... The coat of the Arctic fox is always thick and highly insulating. In winter, the Arctic fox's coat is white. This provides camouflage ...

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 ...

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 ...

Swells of Siberian tundra roll north toward the Arctic Ocean; a reindeer herd grazes ... “Our reindeer were too weak for the long journey.” In the winter of 2013-14, an unusual warm spell ...

Permafrost — the permanently frozen ground that underlies much of the Arctic land surface — is thawing in many parts of the Arctic. [1] As permafrost thaws, it releases the powerful greenhouse gas ...

In the winter, these foxes boast a long white coat that sheds to short, dark gray to bluish-brown fur in the summer. They measure three feet from nose to tail and weigh between six and 12 pounds.