The apparently barren ice of the Arctic can host huge bright green blooms of microscopic plantlike organisms underneath it — all hidden from satellites — suggesting that the Arctic Ocean is far more ...

Rapid climate change is upending plant life in the Arctic. A new study in Nature shows how one of the most fragile ecosystems on Earth is changing as warming is up to four times faster in the Arctic ...

A new study highlights the importance of caribou and muskoxen to the greening Arctic tundra, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra. The story of Arctic greening has ...

Satellite images show the Arctic has been getting greener as temperatures in the far northern region rise three times faster than the global average. Some theories suggest that this “Arctic greening” ...

Blacksburg, Va. — Tiny tropical plants survived their continental-drift relocation to the Arctic by adapting to its harsh climate. Research into such adaptations of millennia ago, when ancient ...

A muskox stands amid Greenland's arctic tundra. Large herbivores have been found to play a critical role in maintaining tundra biodiversity. (Eric Post/UC Davis) Being common is rather unusual. It’s ...

Chapter 1. Arctic Tundra: Where There Are No Trees -- Chapter 2. Arctic Is Not One -- Chapter 3. Arctic Plants in Different Tundras -- Chapter 4. Arctic Plants in Svalbard- Who are they and what do ...

In 2010, the government adopted a plan to develop production of liquefied natural gas on the Yamal Peninsula MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. The Russian Arctic is known not only for frosts, polar bears ...

NEW ORLEANS — The arctic air moving in will put our plants at risk. You can take any small, tender plants inside, but for your garden or larger plants, there are coverings that will help. "There's ...

The story of Arctic greening has overlooked some main characters. At center stage are climate change and warming temperatures. Meanwhile, large grazing wildlife, such as caribou and muskoxen, also ...