Tundra as a biome is defined by its lack of trees due to consistently cold temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three main classifications of tundra: arctic, Antarctic, and alpine ...

More woody plants on the ground make life harder for caribou, both by displacing their usual tundra food sources and by creating new obstacles to movement. Open water does not affect Alaska’s ...

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska’s tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new ...

A seemingly minor trickle of groundwater beneath Alaska’s tundra is quietly releasing vast amounts of carbon into the ocean.

Caribou depend on tundra plants like lichen and mosses; the shrubs and trees taking over the terrain are reducing the availability of that food favored by the animals. Western Arctic Caribou Herd ...

The Tundra is Toyota’s competitor in the full-size pickup truck class. Released in 2000, the American-built Tundra was redesigned for 2007 to kick off its second generation. That version lasted ...

The most substantial land warming between 1997-2020 occurred in the far eastern Siberian tundra and throughout ... in parts of North America, including Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and central ...

According to a new paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, the fastest-changing areas are dotted around Alaska ... and 99 percent of Eurasian tundra saw "significant" warming.

Alaska is one of the world’s great cruising destinations, with superlative landscapes – notably the island-studded Inside Passage and sublime glaciers of Tracy Arm and beyond – as well as ...

Can you find different food chains in a tundra habitat? First, find a producer – a plant that makes its own food from sunlight. Next, find a consumer that eats the producer. Then, find another ...