Permafrost and climate change: Carbon cycle feedbacks from the warming Arctic

EAG Schuur, BW Abbott, R Commane… - Annual Review of …, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
Rapid Arctic environmental change affects the entire Earth system as thawing permafrost
ecosystems release greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Understanding how much …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation

F Wang, JD Harindintwali, K Wei, Y Shan… - The Innovation …, 2023‏ - the-innovation.org
The sustainability of life on Earth is under increasing threat due to human-induced climate
change. This perilous change in the Earth's climate is caused by increases in carbon dioxide …

Unprecedented fire activity above the Arctic Circle linked to rising temperatures

A Descals, DLA Gaveau, A Verger, D Sheil, D Naito… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
Arctic fires can release large amounts of carbon from permafrost peatlands. Satellite
observations reveal that fires burned~ 4.7 million hectares in 2019 and 2020, accounting for …

Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

ZA Mekonnen, WJ Riley, LT Berner… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Vegetation composition shifts, and in particular, shrub expansion across the Arctic tundra
are some of the most important and widely observed responses of high-latitude ecosystems …

Polar regions

MP Meredith, M Sommerkorn… - The ocean and …, 2019‏ - research.monash.edu
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome

LT Berner, R Massey, P Jantz, BC Forbes… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Arctic warming can influence tundra ecosystem function with consequences for climate
feedbacks, wildlife and human communities. Yet ecological change across the Arctic tundra …

Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic

IH Myers-Smith, JT Kerby, GK Phoenix… - Nature Climate …, 2020‏ - nature.com
As the Arctic warms, vegetation is responding, and satellite measures indicate widespread
greening at high latitudes. This 'greening of the Arctic'is among the world's most important …

Wildfires in the Siberian taiga

VI Kharuk, EI Ponomarev, GA Ivanova, ML Dvinskaya… - Ambio, 2021‏ - Springer
The majority of area burned by wildfire are located in Siberia. Mainly low-intensity surface
fires occur in larch forests, whereas in evergreen forests both surface and crown fires are …

[ספר][B] Thriving on our changing planet: A decadal strategy for Earth observation from space

National Academies of Sciences, Medicine… - 2019‏ - books.google.com
We live on a dynamic Earth shaped by both natural processes and the impacts of humans
on their environment. It is in our collective interest to observe and understand our planet …

Mechanisms and impacts of Earth system tip** elements

S Wang, A Foster, EA Lenz, JD Kessler… - Reviews of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tip** elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …