Photons filter down through the atmosphere and are eagerly absorbed by light-powered organisms such as plants and algae ... paint a new picture of life in the Arctic’s polar night and possibly ...

MOVING EARLIER. As the onset of spring arrives earlier, some Arctic species are advancing the timing of important activities to try to keep pace. The flowering of plants, egg-laying of birds, and ...

An arctic front swept across the U.S., dropping temperatures and bringing sleet and snow as far south as South Texas, likely destroying a few plants and vegetation. To aid in bringing life back to ...

Some theories suggest that this “Arctic greening” will help counteract climate change. The idea is that since plants take up carbon dioxide as they grow, rising temperatures will mean Arctic ...

However, it turns out that plants can accumulate biomass ... that live under the snow and ice cover of the Arctic Ocean. They ...

deep inside a mountain on the remote Norwegian Arctic island. The vault was set up in 2008 as the ultimate backup plan for the world's food, and protects plants from all external destruction ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect a rare Arctic plant called the Alaskan glacier buttercup under the Endangered ...