Across the tundra, warming temperatures are causing plants to stay greener longer and flower earlier—and that could reshape life there, according to new research led by the University of Colorado ...

Ecologist Isla Myers-Smith researches how tundra plants respond to climate change and what it means for future ecosystems. While she's mostly worked in the Canadian Arctic, for the last two years ...

The plants and animals that have made their home on the tundra biome have adapted incredibly to the long, cold winters and the short, but abundant, summers.

Significantly, tundra regions are warming more rapidly than any other type of environment, or "biome", on Earth. "Temperatures in the Arctic have risen by about 1 degree Celsius [1.8 degrees ...

The tundra biome is huge, covering 15% more of the Earth’s surface than all 50 U.S. states combined. Currently, it stores a significant proportion of the Earth’s carbon in its permanently ...

Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome. Nature Communications, 2020; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18479-5 ...

Capital Weather Gang Permafrost explained: Stunted plants and pot hole lakes are features of tundra August 1, 2014 More than 10 years ago Summary By Jack Williams ...

Plants that barely reached researchers' ankles now tickle their shins. Below ground in wetland areas, researchers found 10 times as much biomass. "That's an extremely rapid change," says Henry.