Observed and predicted effects of climate change on Arctic caribou and reindeer

CD Mallory, MS Boyce - Environmental Reviews, 2018‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
The ability of many species to adapt to the shifting environmental conditions associated with
climate change will be a key determinant of their persistence in the coming decades. This is …

Warmer shorter winters disrupt Arctic terrestrial ecosystems

EJ Cooper - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2014‏ - annualreviews.org
The Earth is warming, especially in polar areas in which winter temperatures and
precipitation are expected to increase. Despite a growing research focus on winter climatic …

Towards a rain-dominated Arctic

R Bintanja, O Andry - Nature Climate Change, 2017‏ - nature.com
Climate models project a strong increase in Arctic precipitation over the coming century,
which has been attributed primarily to enhanced surface evaporation associated with sea …

Warmer and wetter winters: characteristics and implications of an extreme weather event in the High Arctic

BB Hansen, K Isaksen, RE Benestad… - Environmental …, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
One predicted consequence of global warming is an increased frequency of extreme
weather events, such as heat waves, droughts, or heavy rainfalls. In parts of the Arctic …

Contrasting effects of summer and winter warming on body mass explain population dynamics in a food‐limited Arctic herbivore

SD Albon, RJ Irvine, O Halvorsen… - Global change …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The cumulative effects of climate warming on herbivore vital rates and population dynamics
are hard to predict, given that the expected effects differ between seasons. In the Arctic …

[HTML][HTML] A long-term dataset of climatic mass balance, snow conditions, and runoff in Svalbard (1957–2018)

W Van Pelt, V Pohjola, R Pettersson… - The …, 2019‏ - tc.copernicus.org
The climate in Svalbard is undergoing amplified change compared to the global mean. This
has major implications for runoff from glaciers and seasonal snow on land. We use a …

Arctic rain on snow events: bridging observations to understand environmental and livelihood impacts

MC Serreze, J Gustafson, AP Barrett… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
When rain falls on an existing cover of snow, followed by low temperatures, or falls as
freezing rain, it can leave a hard crust. These Arctic rain on snow (ROS) events can …

Climate change and cyclic predator–prey population dynamics in the high Arctic

O Gilg, B Sittler, I Hanski - Global Change Biology, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
The high Arctic has the world's simplest terrestrial vertebrate predator–prey community, with
the collared lemming being the single main prey of four predators, the snowy owl, the Arctic …

The importance of understanding annual and shorter-term temperature patterns and variation in the surface levels of polar soils for terrestrial biota

P Convey, SJ Coulson, MR Worland, A Sjöblom - Polar Biology, 2018‏ - Springer
Ground temperatures in the top few centimetres of the soil profile are key in many biological
processes yet remain very poorly documented, especially in the polar regions or over longer …

Changes in winter warming events in the Nordic Arctic Region

D Vikhamar-Schuler, K Isaksen, JE Haugen… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
In recent years extreme winter warming events have been reported in arctic areas. These
events are characterized as extraordinarily warm weather episodes, occasionally combined …