Comparing pollen records from three lakes in different geological substrates highlights the influence of geology and climate on long-term vegetation development.

Scientists studied plant DNA to understand past extinctions. They found that warming climates increase competition, ...

Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

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The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic ...

and treeless tundra, is now a source of carbon rather than a sink. If emissions from wildfires were added to the mix, that percentage rose to 40. A greening Arctic also doesn’t translate to net ...

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

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities ... groundwater discharge in this area of the Arctic was thought to be very limited, Demir ...

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