If you associate a vast tundra with the massive northeastern region in Russia ... doesn’t adopt consistent measures to protect the climate, they write, the tundra could disappear completely.

along with tundra regions, treeless shrublands north of the boreal forest that play a significant role in regulating the Earth's climate. The boreal forest, covering much of Canada and Alaska ...

One recent turning point for the region involves ... human-caused climate change. A focus of the latest Arctic evaluation was the effects of warmer weather and wildfires on the tundra, a far ...

At 166,587 acres, the East Fork Fire was the largest tundra fire the region has ever seen. Climate scientist Rick Thoman said that fires like this one were once rare. Now, he said, they are likely ...

what we found is that the tundra region has shifted from a carbon sink, which it has been for many thousands of years,” said Susan Natali, an Arctic ecologist at the Woodwell Climate Research ...

The warming climate shifts the dynamics ... broader perspective on Arctic and alpine regions by predicting increases in respiration across the whole tundra area together with more detailed ...

Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climate is cold and windy, and rainfall is scant. Tundra lands are covered with snow for much of ...

The news that the frigid Arctic tundra ringing the polar ... The intrigue: These are signs of a region undergoing rapid and transformative climate shifts, report authors said at a scientific ...

Now, an international team of researchers has revealed the wide-ranging impact that the changing climate is having on plants in tundra regions and the profound consequences this could have for the ...

open image in gallery With wildfires and increased warming, scientists say the Arctic’s tundra is now a carbon source. The region had been a carbon sink for thousands of years (NOAA Climate.gov ...