As the forests receded towards warmer weather, alpine tundra took its place across the Beartooth Plateau. Tundra as a biome is defined by its lack of trees due to consistently cold temperatures ...

The temporal and spatial snow cover dynamics is the primary factor controlling the plant communities' composition and biogeochemical cycles in arctic and alpine tundra. However, the relationships ...

They include polar, tundra and mountain, or alpine, biomes. Cold environments face challenges from development. This includes tourism, fishing, mining and energy. Climate change is affecting cold ...