Caribou Content / Caribou Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en In Greening Arctic, Caribou and Muskoxen Play Key Role /climate/news/greening-arctic-caribou-and-muskoxen-play-key-role A ºÙºÙÊÓƵ study highlights the importance of caribou and muskoxen to the greening Arctic tundra, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra. November 12, 2024 - 5:30am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/greening-arctic-caribou-and-muskoxen-play-key-role Caribou and Muskoxen Buffer Climate Impacts for Rare Plants /climate/news/caribou-and-muskoxen-buffer-climate-impacts-rare-plants <p><span><span>Being common is rather unusual. It’s far more common for a species to be rare, spending its existence in small densities throughout its range. How such rare species persist, particularly in an environment undergoing rapid climate change, inspired a 15-year study in arctic Greenland from the University of California, Davis. </span></span></p> January 27, 2022 - 8:45am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/caribou-and-muskoxen-buffer-climate-impacts-rare-plants Melting Sea Ice May Be Speeding Nature’s Clock in the Arctic /news/melting-sea-ice-may-be-speeding-natures-clock-arctic <p>Spring is coming sooner to some plant species in the low Arctic of Greenland, while other species are delaying their emergence amid warming winters. The changes are associated with diminishing sea ice cover, according to <a href="http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/12/20160332">a study published in the journal <em>Biology Letters</em></a>&nbsp;and led by the University of California, Davis.</p> February 23, 2017 - 4:15pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/melting-sea-ice-may-be-speeding-natures-clock-arctic