Modelling climate change over a 500 year period shows that much of the boreal forest, the Earth's northernmost forests and most significant provider of carbon storage and clean water, could be ...

Recent observations of changes in some tundra ecosystems appear to be responses to a warming climate. Several experimental studies have shown that tundra plants and ecosystems can respond strongly to ...

The boreal forest, covering much of Canada and Alaska, and the treeless shrublands to the north of the forest region, may be among the worst impacted by climate change over the next 500 years, ...

From rising oceans to species extinction, climate change is affecting our world in numerous ways. Now, an international team of researchers has revealed the wide-ranging impact that the changing ...

A week ago Sunday, Arctic sea ice cover reached its lowest extent ever recorded. For good reason, there has been significant media focus on how a warming sea gobbles up the ice that is polar bear ...

Warming temperatures are causing plants across alpine and arctic environments to stay green longer and reproduce earlier, scientists find Across the tundra, warming temperatures are causing plants to ...

Local reindeer grazing history is an important determinant in the response of an ecosystem’s carbon sink to climate warming, say researchers. The significance of reindeer grazing history to tundra ...

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It may be cold up there in the Arctic, but that doesn't mean it doesn't burn. And as the planet gets warmer, tundra fires are not only becoming more common, they may also shift a huge amount of carbon ...

"It's a big surprise that these plants are reacting in this way," explains researcher Marc Macias-Fauria. That's really not a very long time for an entire biome change. "Previously people had thought ...