Freezing plants to predict the fate of the Arctic

Freezing plants to predict the fate of the Arctic Oslo, Norway (SPX) Apr 01, 2016 - In January 2014, a group of researchers conducted an unusual, some might say paradoxical, experiment in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard: Their goal was to encase small plants growing out on the tundra in a thick layer of ice. While this might seem odd - nature does a pretty good job of encasing plants in Svalbard with ice and snow - the researchers were trying to use their experiment as a kin ... more

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