Substantial variations in temperature and precipitation have been observed since the first
permanent weather station was established in the Svalbard region in 1911. Temperature …

The high Arctic has the world's simplest terrestrial vertebrate predator–prey community, with
the collared lemming being the single main prey of four predators, the snowy owl, the Arctic …

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 …

Climate archives available from deep sea and marine shelf sediments, glaciers, lakes, and
ice cores in and around Greenland allow us to place the current trends in regional climate …

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 …

Observational and experimental studies have generally shown that warming is associated
with greater growth and abundance of deciduous shrubs in arctic ecosystems. It is uncertain …

The Nordic Centre of Excellence CRAICC (Cryosphere–Atmosphere Interactions in a
Changing Arctic Climate), funded by NordForsk in the years 2011–2016, is the largest joint …

This thesis is a mathematical work on economics and social choice. It provides an
empirically applied research. Modern economy is both mathematical and theoretical basis …

Herbivory is an important part of most ecosystems and affects the ecosystems' carbon
balance both directly and indirectly. Little is known about herbivory and its impact on the …

Highly unusual open fires burned in western Greenland between 31 July and 21 August
2017, after a period of warm, dry and sunny weather. The fires burned on peatlands that …