The Lunar and Planetary Institute and the MAVEN mission released this artist rendering of the more than 4 billion years-long transition from a wet planet to the dry tundra it is today. MAVEN’s ...

Tundra means rolling treeless plains. The average weather is frigid and dry winters with cold and moist summers. In North America, arctic tundra is found in northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.

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The tundra rose, also known as shrubby cinquefoil ... They can live in extremely dry and harsh climates without much need for soil-derived nutrients. Their leaves are dense, leathery, and dark ...

The largest April wildfire in Alaska in a quarter century is burning near the community of Kwethluk on dry tundra along the lower Kuskokwim River. The fire still is not threatening the community ...

FAIRBANKS - Eight summers ago, a bolt of lightning struck a dry tundra hillside in northern Alaska. Fanned by a warm wind that curled over the Brooks Range, the Anaktuvuk River fire burned for ...

Fueled by strong winds and dry tundra, an accidental fire is burning outside of Dillingham. The fire started Friday afternoon on the edge of the city and has quickly consumed more than ten miles ...