Video Transcript: Hello everyone, It didn't take long before I went out to explore this new and exotic landscape around me. The Arctic Tundra is frozen for a good part of the year but during the summer the surface of this landscape is transformed with plants, ponds, and life. The subsurface is permafrost. This means that the ground just below the surface is permanently frozen, even in summer. Today I am out with scientist Dr. Malcolm Butler from the North Dakota State University collecting samples of invertebrate communities from the ponds that dot the tundra’s surface. Samples are collected every to determine when the different invertebrate species emerge. These small invertebrates are an essential parts of the migratory bird food chain and, with climate change, it's important to understand any shifts in emergence. This is just one example of the Arctic science occurring in this amazing region.
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