The creeping arctic willow has adapted to the North American tundra by forming ... leaves need them to grow. One of the most common plants found in the northern Arctic, moss campion is a variety ...

Leaves are greening earlier in tundra ecosystems, while below ground, plant roots are growing later into autumn as the ground is thawed for longer. Photographs by Euan Myles The Arctic has warmed ...

Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found ... allowing vegetation to grow. The Arctic's permafrost, the literal foundation for much of the region's unique ecosystem, is deteriorating with ...

Maes’ team included about 70 scientists performing measurements in 28 tundra regions across the planet’s Arctic and alpine zones. During the summer growing season, the researchers placed clear ...

Credit: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Fire Service Chunks of carbon-rich frozen soil, or permafrost, undergird much of the Arctic ... moss and peat. But if that blanket is incinerated by a ...

Lapland is a region of northern Scandinavia - part of the Arctic tundra. In Finnish the word ... Some plants and vegetation do grow here. The bearberry plant has had to evolve to survive ...

An aerial shot of an Arctic fox den on the tundra near Churchill, about 1,000 kilometres north of Winnipeg, shows a comparatively lush clump of vegetation growing immediately around the den site.