For most of the year, snow covers Colorado’s highest peaks. Above about 11,000 feet, cold blustery winds can be relentless through the winter. But summer can transform these Alpine tundra ...

The alpine tundra is a windy area with strong winds blowing at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour. Location . Some locations of Arctic and alpine tundra include: Arctic Tundra .

Alpine tundra is still a treeless plain, but without the permafrost, this biome has better draining soils that support a wider variety of plant life.

Alpine tundra plants, which in Colorado consist of wildflowers and low-lying grasses above treeline at about 11,000 feet, grow in frozen tundra soil that has trapped carbon via photosynthesis for ...

An ancient fossilized forest in Montana is reemerging 600 feet higher than the present-day tree line after spending the last 5,500 years encased in alpine tundra.But as temperatures continue to ...

KEYSTONE, Colo. – After a construction company damaged protected alpine tundra at a ski resort in Colorado’s high country, the expansion project they were conducting has been stopped until ...

Montana State University scientists say the frozen remnants of an ancient forest discovered 600 feet above the modern tree ...

Species of wildflowers found in the Alpine tundra are often related to those found at lower elevations, Roberts said, but are usually dwarfed versions adapted to the severe conditions. This includes ...