The Arctic tundra contains a number of low shrubs and sedges as well as reindeer mosses, liverworts, grasses, lichens, and around 400 types of flowers. There are also a number of animals that call ...

That's a major transition that could reap consequences on human, plant and animal life far beyond Earth's northernmost arena, warned a cohort of scientists whose research appears in the National ...

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The Trump administration announced a plan on June 17 to open nearly 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and ...

The Arctic permafrost region as a whole — which encompasses tundra and forests — has become carbon neutral over the past 20 years, meaning it’s neither absorbing nor releasing excess CO2 ...

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou ...

The arctic tundra often lacks sunshine. Summer days last 24 hours, yet the sun remains low on the horizon. During the winter, the opposite occurs, and the entire landscape is dark.

"Fennoscandian Arctic foxes heavily depend on lemmings," says Dorothée Ehrich, who studies the animals' interactions at the Climate-Ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra (Coat) in Tromsø, Norway.

Some animals living in the Arctic tundra, including the Arctic fox, change their coats from thin, brown in the summer to thick, white fur in the winter - for camouflage and to manage body temperature.

The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. ... plant and animal life far beyond Earth's northernmost arena, ...

The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. But rising temperatures and wildfires in the region are changing that, scientists say. Arctic tundra becoming a source of carbon ...