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Caribou herds in Arctic Alaska trend in opposite directions
The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of ...
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Reindeer in Decline: The Impact of Rising Temperatures on Their Survival
Lichens are a symbiotic combination of ... Additionally, ice can damage plants growing on the tundra. Ice affects the soil, kills plant roots, and often kills the plants outright.
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Caribou herds in Arctic Alaska tundra areas are on opposite trends
The declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd use habitat with differing levels of climate change-related ...
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A Flip in the Arctic Tundra: It's Now a Carbon Dioxide Source
More: ・Historically: The New York Times explains that for millennia, the moss, lichens, and other vegetation of the tundra have taken in carbon dioxide and stored it, as all plants do.
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Wildfires destroy 30% of plants diversity in Yakut tundra wildfires, scientists report
"The fire has destroyed almost the entire ground cover - the mosses and lichens that are ... soil erosion processes: the tundra's upper cover, being left without plant protection, warms up faster ...