The news that the frigid Arctic tundra ringing the polar region has switched from being a net absorber, or "sink," of planet-warming greenhouse gases to a net emitter, or "source," indicates the ...

Lapland is a region of northern Scandinavia - part of the Arctic tundra. In Finnish the word ‘tundra’ means ‘treeless plain’. The arctic tundra encircles the North Pole, extending from the ...

Text by Arik Gabbai A female wolverine roams the Arctic tundra at the edge of the Brooks Range, on Alaska’s North Slope. Peter Mather No creature of the Far North is less beloved than the wolverine.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Did you know that camels used to live in the Arctic tundra? Yes, camels! Walking around on ice and snow. It's true. In 2013, scientists announced ...

I am a biologist who focuses on the response of ecosystems to climate change including tundra ecosystems. For the past five years, my colleagues, students and I have tracked vegetation changes at ...

The Arctic Ocean. And the uninvited guests every ... hoping to ease the transition from the touch football these kids had played on the tundra to the hard-hitting, full-contact, the-whole-town ...

“Imagine if you were a developer and you said, I’d like permission to put three dams on every other stream in the Arctic tundra,” Tape said. “That’s what this could be like.” Tape has ...

As the Arctic summer grows longer and warmer, tundra shrubs grow taller and the Arctic becomes greener. Animals once unable to survive in the polar extremes are now invading and competing for ...

Animals have had to adapt to the tundra climate in ways that keep them warm and help them find food. Thick fur and small ears help the Arctic fox retain body heat The Arctic fox lives in a cold ...