The declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd use habitat with differing levels of climate change-related ...
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The Arctic just hit an unfortunate climate milestoneIt was the rainiest summer on record, and plant life bloomed across the tundra at a near-record pace. As the Arctic reacts to the planet-warming gases that humans have pumped into the atmosphere ...
The warming Arctic has dual effects, adversely impacting soil, ice, plants ... impacted by these changes. Summer heat is disrupting the movements and survival of tundra caribou.
For millennia, the Arctic-boreal zone has acted as a critical carbon reservoir, locking away vast amounts of carbon dioxide ...
The Arctic tundra shifted this past year from ... winter can interfere with caribou feeding, and warmer summer temperatures mean bigger plants grow that crowd out the lichen that caribou eat.
The arctic tundra encircles the North Pole ... only a few centimetres - may melt during the summer months, leaving muddy pools of water. Some plants and vegetation do grow here.
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