Arctic tundra will see an earlier green-up and longer growing seasons, study says

As the Arctic warms, plants will sprout and flower earlier and hold their leaves longer, expanding the growing season. On average, the result showed, warming of 0.5 degrees to 2.3 degrees Celsius produced a 3 percent expansion in the growing season. The study synthesizes information from long-term work at experimental plots in the International Tundra […]