Algoma University’s own Dr. Brandon Schamp has been published in the preeminent science journal Nature.

His research demonstrates how taller plant species are moving north into the arctic due to climate change.

Schamp is an associate professor at Algoma U’s biology department. He holds a PhD and a Master’s of Science from Queen’s University and an Honours Bachelor of Science from Wilfrid Laurier University.

His study examined almost 120 arctic like environements including Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Scandinavia and Siberia and demonstrates how the warming of tundra climates is allowing taller plant species to thrive.

The research also hypothesizes that these new plants may further drive climate change by insulating the soil, allowing the permafrost to thaw, thereby releasing greenhouse gases.