However, winter conditions lead to the convergence ... of microbial communities and biogeochemical cycles in arctic and alpine tundra in the context of a warmer climate.

The Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon dioxide ... tundra caribou is that they are often eating less, and changes to winter snow and ice conditions are also affecting them.

They hibernate through winter for nine months – which gives ... how to find one species of tiny insect amidst such a vast expanse of Arctic tundra still frozen solid? The first task for the ...

Michigan welcomes the large, magnificent snowy owl from the Arctic tundra – and its appearance can attract a lot of attention ...

The snowy white tundra swan breeds in the Arctic and migrates many miles to winter on North America's Atlantic and Pacific coastlines, bays, and lakes. The eastern population frequents the ...

More than a third of the Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) – including the tundra, forests, and wetlands around the Arctic Circle – is pushing ... During summer, the ABZ's carbon sink is most influential, with ...

What animals live in the coldest areas of the planet? We've done the research! Meet the animals thriving in earth's polar ...

Climate change impacts on the Western Arctic Caribou Herd go beyond the spread of shrubs displacing tundra plants. Warm winter conditions in 2005 produced two days of rain in the herd’s winter ...

In winter, their white fur acts as camouflage ... Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome.