Tundra Landscapes are Getting Taller and Greener

Warming Climate Greening the Arctic

Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. NASA scientists have discovered that trees and shrubs are increasing in number in tundra regions and adjacent transitional forests where boreal forests give way to the treeless tundra.

Study Projects Greener Tundra by 2100

A new NASA-led study finds an increased presence of trees and shrubs in those tundra regions and adjacent transitional forests where boreal forests give way to the treeless tundra. The study projects that this trend will continue through 2100, with tundra landscapes becoming taller and greener.

The findings, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, have implications for the global carbon cycle and the habitat of Arctic wildlife.

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