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 …

Characteristics, drivers and feedbacks of global greening

S Piao, X Wang, T Park, C Chen, XU Lian… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Vegetation greenness has been increasing globally since at least 1981, when satellite
technology enabled large-scale vegetation monitoring. The greening phenomenon, together …

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 …

The polar regions in a 2 C warmer world

E Post, RB Alley, TR Christensen, M Macias-Fauria… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Over the past decade, the Arctic has warmed by 0.75° C, far outpacing the global average,
while Antarctic temperatures have remained comparatively stable. As Earth approaches 2° …

The status and stability of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau

C Mu, BW Abbott, AJ Norris, M Mu, C Fan, X Chen… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Permafrost regions at high latitudes and altitudes store about half of the Earth's soil organic
carbon (SOC). These areas are also some of the most intensely affected by anthropogenic …

Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties

AM Virkkala, J Aalto, BM Rogers… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The regional variability in tundra and boreal carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes can be high,
complicating efforts to quantify sink‐source patterns across the entire region. Statistical …

Community monitoring of natural resource systems and the environment

F Danielsen, H Eicken, M Funder… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Community monitoring can track environmental phenomena, resource use, and natural
resource management processes of concern to community members. It can also contribute …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme weather and climate events in northern areas: A review

JE Walsh, TJ Ballinger, ES Euskirchen, E Hanna… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The greatest impacts of climate change on ecosystems, wildlife and humans often arise from
extreme events rather than changes in climatic means. Northern high latitudes, including the …

Advances in catchment science, hydrochemistry, and aquatic ecology enabled by high-frequency water quality measurements

M Bieroza, S Acharya, J Benisch… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
High-frequency water quality measurements in streams and rivers have expanded in scope
and sophistication during the last two decades. Existing technology allows in situ automated …

[HTML][HTML] Canadian permafrost stores large pools of ammonium and optically distinct dissolved organic matter

J Fouché, CT Christiansen, MJ Lafrenière… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Permafrost degradation may lead to mobilization of carbon and nutrients and enhance
microbial processing rates of previously frozen organic matter. Although the pool size and …