Caribou and muskoxen significantly affect Arctic plant growth, revealing their overlooked role in climate impacts.

A new study highlights the importance of caribou and muskoxen to the greening Arctic tundra, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra.

The story of Arctic greening has overlooked some main characters. At center stage are climate change and warming temperatures ...

The re-profiling of plant communities is important because it could alter the way the tundra ecosystem functions. Taller Arctic plants will trap more snow around them, insulating the ground from ...

Good news for Arctic mosses, if not for any other Arctic creatures: little tundra plants that have been buried under the Canadian ice can feel the sunlight for the first time in at least 44,000 years.

They analyzed the communities, typical for the local sub-Arctic tundra. "The fire has destroyed almost the entire ground cover - the mosses and ... Among the pioneer plants that were the first ...