Assessing future changes of climate extreme events in the CORDEX-MENA region using regional climate model ALADIN-climate

F Driouech, K ElRhaz, W Moufouma-Okia… - Earth Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
This study investigates future changes of temperature, precipitation, and associated extreme
events in the MENA region using Regional Climate Model ALADIN-Climate over the …

Little directional change in the timing of Arctic spring phenology over the past 25 years

NM Schmidt, T Kankaanpää, M Tiusanen… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
With the global change in climate, the Arctic has been pinpointed as the region experiencing
the fastest rates of change. As a result, Arctic biological responses—such as shifts in …

High nitrous oxide production from thawing permafrost

B Elberling, HH Christiansen, BU Hansen - Nature Geoscience, 2010 - nature.com
Permafrost soils contain nearly twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. When these soils
thaw, large quantities of carbon are lost, mainly in the form of methane and carbon …

Presence of Eriophorum scheuchzeri enhances substrate availability and methane emission in an Arctic wetland

L Ström, T Tagesson, M Mastepanov… - Soil Biology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Here we present results from a field experiment in an Arctic wetland situated in Zackenberg,
NE Greenland. During one growing season we investigated how dominance of the sedge …

Foraging deeply: Depth‐specific plant nitrogen uptake in response to climate‐induced N‐release and permafrost thaw in the High Arctic

EP Pedersen, B Elberling… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Warming in the Arctic accelerates top‐soil decomposition and deep‐soil permafrost thaw.
This may lead to an increase in plant‐available nutrients throughout the active layer soil and …

Revisiting factors controlling methane emissions from high-Arctic tundra

M Mastepanov, C Sigsgaard, T Tagesson… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
The northern latitudes are experiencing disproportionate warming relative to the mid-
latitudes, and there is growing concern about feedbacks between this warming and methane …

One fly to rule them all—muscid flies are the key pollinators in the Arctic

M Tiusanen, PDN Hebert… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Global change is causing drastic changes in the pollinator communities of the Arctic. While
arctic flowers are visited by a wide range of insects, flies in family Muscidae have been …

Multiple ecosystem effects of extreme weather events in the Arctic

TR Christensen, M Lund, K Skov, J Abermann… - Ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
The Arctic is getting warmer and wetter. Here, we document two independent examples of
how associated extreme precipitation patterns have severe implications for high Arctic …

Ecosystem responses to climate change at a Low Arctic and a High Arctic long-term research site

JE Hobbie, GR Shaver, EB Rastetter, JE Cherry… - Ambio, 2017 - Springer
Long-term measurements of ecological effects of warming are often not statistically
significant because of annual variability or signal noise. These are reduced in indicators that …

Differential arthropod responses to warming are altering the structure of Arctic communities

AM Koltz, NM Schmidt, TT Høye - Royal Society Open …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Arctic is experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming on the planet. Although many
studies have documented responses to such warming by individual species, the …