POZNAŃ, Poland — In the Arctic’s harsh borderlands, where trees wage a constant battle for survival, an international research team has discovered that extreme cold leaves lasting fingerprint ...

She wonders, too, whether Arctic phytoplankton’s ability to ride ... out in the Southeastern US last week. Hurricane-downed trees may have helped fuel the flames, experts say.

Fossil evidence reveals that palm trees once thrived in the Canadian Arctic, challenging everything we know about Earth's ...

Trees, being green or brown, absorb more sunlight than reflective white snow, thus warming the region." Moreover, Arctic regions face frequent natural disturbances such as wildfires and droughts.

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 ...

and large-scale tree-planting projects in the Arctic have been championed by governments and corporations as a way to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. However, when trees are planted ...

Arctic kelp absorbs metals from melting glaciers, increasing mercury levels by 72%. This could harm marine life and fisheries ...

Just when an 80-degree day earlier this month had Ismael Rodriguez thinking he could move his inventory of palm trees outside, an approaching arctic cold front forced his staff of seven to fire up ...

The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet and recent modeling has shown that many Arctic plants may lose all their suitable habitat as soon as 2040. “Climate change poses an ...

A new study by Connecticut College provides strong evidence that palm trees once thrived in subarctic Canada, reshaping scientific understanding of past Arctic climates. Professor Peter Siver's ...

Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...

The Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry team is responding to more than 350 calls for trees and large branches brought down by the weekend’s snow, strong winds and icy temperatures.