Lakes in hot water: the impacts of a changing climate on aquatic ecosystems

RI Woolway, S Sharma, JP Smol - BioScience, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Our planet is being subjected to unprecedented climate change, with far-reaching social and
ecological repercussions. Below the waterline, aquatic ecosystems are being affected by …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Abiotic interactions

J Chételat, MA McKinney, M Amyot, A Dastoor… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dramatic environmental shifts are occuring throughout the Arctic from climate change, with
consequences for the cycling of mercury (Hg). This review summarizes the latest science on …

Experimental warming differentially affects vegetative and reproductive phenology of tundra plants

CG Collins, SC Elmendorf, RD Hollister… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Rapid climate warming is altering Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystem structure and function,
including shifts in plant phenology. While the advancement of green up and flowering are …

Trends in satellite Earth observation for permafrost related analyses—A review

M Philipp, A Dietz, S Buchelt, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change and associated Arctic amplification cause a degradation of permafrost
which in turn has major implications for the environment. The potential turnover of frozen …

Decreasing snow cover alters functional composition and diversity of Arctic tundra

P Niittynen, RK Heikkinen… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The Arctic is one of the least human-impacted parts of the world, but, in turn, tundra biome is
facing the most rapid climate change on Earth. These perturbations may cause major …

[HTML][HTML] Peatlands and their carbon dynamics in northern high latitudes from 1990 to 2300: a process-based biogeochemistry model analysis

B Zhao, Q Zhuang - Biogeosciences, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
Northern peatlands have been a large C sink during the Holocene, but whether they will
keep being a C sink under future climate change is uncertain. This study simulates the …

Arthropods and climate change–arctic challenges and opportunities

TT Høye - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•The Arctic is ideally suited for studying arthropod responses to climate
change.•Arctic arthropods are responding rapidly and in diverse ways to climate …

Land cover changes across Greenland dominated by a doubling of vegetation in three decades

M Grimes, JL Carrivick, MW Smith, AJ Comber - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Land cover responses to climate change must be quantified for understanding Arctic climate,
managing Arctic water resources, maintaining the health and livelihoods of Arctic societies …

Consistent trait–environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities

J Kemppinen, P Niittynen, PC le Roux… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
A fundamental assumption in trait-based ecology is that relationships between traits and
environmental conditions are globally consistent. We use field-quantified microclimate and …

Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic

EE Webb, AK Liljedahl, JA Cordeiro… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Lakes constitute 20–40% of Arctic lowlands, the largest surface water fraction of any
terrestrial biome. These lakes provide crucial habitat for wildlife, supply water for remote …