As the Arctic continues to warm faster than anywhere else on Earth, the temperature shift is driving changes in plant life, ...

Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

But there are a number of plants and animals that still call this unforgiving ecosystem their home. There are three types of tundra biomes: Arctic tundra, Antarctic tundra, and Alpine tundra.

The research looked at more than 2,000 tundra plant communities across 45 Arctic regions. It showed that in some places ... interpreting — changes in one of the most rapidly evolving biomes on the ...

Orndahl et al, Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome, Remote Sensing of Environment (2025).

Scientists studying Arctic plants say the ... Because in other biomes, we are,” said lead author Mariana García Criado, a postdoctoral researcher in tundra biodiversity at the University ...

Multiple states in the U.S. were recently in the grip of tornadoes, wildfires, and dust storms. The fires that scorched parts of Texas and Oklahoma burnt through almost 300 homes, reliving the ...

Researchers from the University of Padua in Italy found a juniper at Utsjoki in Finnish Lapland, which they analyzed to be ...

Arctic tundra, a frozen treeless biome which has stored carbon for thousands of years ... whose adverse impacts are already unfolding across the world. In a typical ecosystem, plants absorb carbon ...

That's a major transition that could reap consequences on human, plant ... latest Arctic evaluation was the effects of warmer weather and wildfires on the tundra, a far-northern biome that's ...

In most ecosystems, plants absorb carbon dioxide from ... completing the carbon cycle. The tundra, a frozen treeless Arctic biome with long dark winters and short summers, alters the balance ...

Wildfires and thawing permafrost are causing the region to release more carbon dioxide than its plants remove ... air temperatures are thawing Arctic tundra, activating carbon-hungry microbes ...