Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. It's a trend that will continue at least through the end of this century, according to NASA researchers.

We identify biomes by the vegetation and animals that populate them and determine the location of each by the regional climate. The tundra biome is characterized by extremely cold temperatures and ...

In a new research, scientists have determined that even tundra plant growth in the Arctic ... the permafrost will spew carbon for decades, and the plants will become overwhelmed - unable to ...

Mountain goats, sheep, marmots, and birds live in mountain—or alpine—tundra and feed on the low-lying plants and insects. Hardy flora like cushion plants survive in the mountain zones by ...

Rising temperatures in tundra regions—such as the Arctic, the Antarctic and high elevation mountains—are causing plants to flower earlier, a phenomenon that can disrupt the food chain ...

The unique vegetation of the Arctic tundra could disappear by the year 2050 if no substantial reduction in global warming is achieved, scientists have warned. Experts at the Alfred Wegener ...

Cooling vegetation can preserve permafrost in the tundra "Our findings on the energy flows in the Arctic are extremely relevant, since the preservation of permafrost depends to a large extent on ...

Ecologist Isla Myers-Smith researches how tundra plants respond to climate change and what it means for future ecosystems. While she's mostly worked in the Canadian Arctic, for the last two years ...