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It doesn’t shout for attention, it doesn’t bloom, and it doesn’t grow tall—but moss has been quietly thriving on this […] ...
Warming temperatures are causing Arctic peatlands to expand, temporarily boosting carbon storage—but long-term stability remains uncertain.
Among these animals is the Arctic hare, the largest hare in North America. The Arctic hare has large claws on all four feet, ...
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In the Arctic, one of the primary paths for water to flow is along water tracks, stream-like features that fill with and ...
Beneath the forest floor lies an overlooked secret: many plants grow a second set of roots far deeper than expected sometimes ...
A global analysis deep in soil found 20% of plants studied have an unexpected deeper set of roots more than 3 feet ...
State and Borough burn permits in Kodiak have been suspended in response to the wildfires that are closing roads and causing home evacuations across Interior Alaska.
In Britain, for example, using peat has become taboo. The government's environmental agency has said it wanted to phase out peat moss for hobby gardeners by 2020 and commercially by 2030.
Phosphorus (P) limitation often constrains biological processes in Arctic tundra ecosystems. Although adsorption to soil minerals may limit P bioavailability and export from soils into aquatic systems ...