along with tundra regions, treeless shrublands north of the boreal forest that play a significant role in regulating the Earth's climate. Tundra regions have already seen new plants colonizing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the biggest studies to date of key vegetation in the Arctic tundra provides strong evidence that dramatic changes in the region are being driven by climate warming. Significant changes in ...

Once-brown regions are turning green ... speeding up the climate crisis worldwide. For example, beavers are moving into ...

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 ...

A Russian TV crew flying over the Siberian tundra this summer spotted a massive ... which is at least the ninth spotted in the region since 2013, formed. Initial theories floated when the first ...