Extreme weather events can have strong negative impacts on species survival and
community structure when surpassing lethal thresholds. Extreme, short‐lived, winter …

Climate change scenarios predict an increased frequency of extreme climatic events. In
Arctic regions, one of the most profound of these are extreme and sudden winter warming …

General circulation models predict increases in temperature and precipitation in the Arctic as
the result of increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Arctic ecosystems are …

Extreme climatic events are among the drivers of recent declines in plant biomass and
productivity observed across Arctic ecosystems, known as “Arctic browning.” These events …

High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate is based on data collected during
the past 10 years by Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations (ZERO) at Zackenberg …

Global warming is likely to have the greatest impact at high latitudes, making the Arctic an
important region both for detecting global climate change and for studying its effects on …

Extreme weather events can have negative impacts on species survival and community
structure when surpassing lethal thresholds. Extreme winter warming events in the A rctic …

The Arctic is experiencing considerable change in climate, particularly in winter, and a
greater frequency of extreme climatic events is expected. However, the impacts of winter …

The physical environment of the polar regions of the world go through large seasonal
swings, such as air temperature, duration and intensity of solar radiation, surface albedo …

Despite uncertainties in the magnitude of expected global warming over the next century,
one consistent feature of extant and projected changes is that Arctic environments are and …