Future Prospects

Alaska's North Slope tundra, http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/tundra-landscapes/#/north-slope-tundra_312_600x450.jpg

Since the tundra ecosystem is relatively stable, there is not a large expectancy for drastic and dire change. In the northern part of the Beringia lowland tundra, there is a bigger threat for it to become even more fragmented in the future. The lowlands also have “some potential for unsustainable waterfowl harvests from local communities” (Beringia Lowland Tundra). Parallel to the lowland’s northern part, the Seward Peninsula area of the Beringia uplands is also become “increasingly roaded and developed” (Beringia Upland Tundra). The population of harvested species, especially the Kilbuck caribou and walruses, has potential to decrease more and more over the years. Also, if humans keep living the way we’ve been living, there is potential for the biome to “radically change [in] landscape and what species are able to live there” (Tundra Threats). 

*The above consists of information obtained from the following sources: 

Beringia Lowland Tundra, http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na1106

Beringia Upland Tundra, http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na1107

Tundra Threats, http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/tundra-threats.html,