Subarctic ecosystems are experiencing earlier, longer, and more intense wildfire seasons due in part to factors such as warmer winters and the broader spread of damaging insects. There is limited ...

Just a year ago, when the Biden administration announced tough new limits on pollution from existing coal-fired power plants as well as some new gas-burning plants, the E.P.A. said the ...

Subarctic landscapes ; Vegetation; 2. Field studies. The module includes a two week excursion. You will learn: about alpine vegetation zonation and plants characterizing alpine and arctic environments ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A juniper shrub in Utsjoki, Finnish Lapland, has been dated to 1,647 years old, making it the world's oldest shrub identified by annual rings and the oldest ...

Typically, the mean temperature of months in the alpine climate zones will not reach above 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius), which will bar most species of trees and vegetation from growing.

On the other hand, fertilization is crucial for crop management and high yield, it also affects nutritional value of the food plants. Nitrogen (N) fertilization affects health and nutritional value, ...

Vegetation dynamics - increases in the quantity of green vegetation and a northward migration of trees into the arctic tundra - are a component of this change. Although field studies over long time ...

Recently published research shows the ways in which snow, water, plants, and animals here interact are also affected by climate change. The starkly beautiful Hudson Bay Lowlands, located between ...

The impacts of climate change on the terrestrial ecosystems, that comprise interconnected webs of snow, water, plants and animals, can be rapid, complex, and unpredictable.