Plant phenology, the annually recurring sequence of plant developmental stages, is
important for plant functioning and ecosystem services and their biophysical and …

The last 6000years are of particular interest to the understanding of the Earth System
because the boundary conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in …

Because freshwater covers such a small fraction of the Earth's surface area, inland
freshwater ecosystems (particularly lakes, rivers, and reservoirs) have rarely been …

The Northern Circumpolar Soil Carbon Database was developed in order to determine
carbon pools in soils of the northern circumpolar permafrost region. The area of all soils in …

In the context of global warming, the advancement of spring phenology in northern and
temperate regions due to increased temperatures has been widely reported. Early and …

Here we present a new data synthesis of global peatland ages, area changes, and carbon
(C) pool changes since the Last Glacial Maximum, along with a new peatland map and total …

Thawing permafrost and the resulting microbial decomposition of previously frozen organic
carbon (C) is one of the most significant potential feedbacks from terrestrial ecosystems to …

Permafrost soils in boreal and Arctic ecosystems store almost twice as much carbon, as is
currently present in the atmosphere. Permafrost thaw and the microbial decomposition of …

(Gt)—mainly as CO2—during the last glacial maximum to~ 560 Gt during preindustrial times
and~ 730 Gt today. These changes reflect redistributions among the main global carbon …

Historical archived satellite images were compared with contemporary satellite data to track
ongoing changes in more than 10,000 large lakes in rapidly warming Siberia. A widespread …