Key indicators of Arctic climate change
1971–2017
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Key observational indicators of climate change in the Arctic, most spanning a 47 year period demonstrate fundamental changes among nine key elements of the Arctic system. We find that, coherent with increasing air temperature, there is an intensification of the hydrological cycle, evident from increases in humidity, precipitation, river discharge, glacier equilibrium line altitude and land ice wastage. Downward trends continue in sea ice thickness (and extent) and spring snow cover extent and duration, while near-surface permafrost continues to warm. Several of the climate indicators exhibit a significant statistical correlation with air temperature or precipitation, reinforcing the notion thatincreasing air temperatures and precipitation are drivers of major changes in various components of the Arctic system. To progress beyond a presentation of the Arctic physical climate changes, we find a correspondence between air temperature and biophysical indicators such as tundra biomass and identify numerous biophysical disruptions with cascading effects throughout the trophic levels. These include: increased delivery of organic matter and nutrients to Arctic near-coastal zones; condensed flowering and pollination plant species periods; timing mismatch between plant flowering and pollinators; increased plant vulnerability to insect disturbance; increased shrub biomass; increased ignition of wildfires; increased growing season CO 2 uptake, with counterbalancing increases in shoulder season and winter CO 2 emissions; increased carbon cycling, regulated by local hydrology and permafrost thaw; conversion between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; and shifting animal distribution and demographics. The Arctic
Arctic · Climate change · Climatology · Environmental resource management · Key (lock · The arctic · Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Climate change and permafrost · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Geology · Oceanography
A pivotal role for air pollution during rapid Arctic change
A Case Study
Building adaptive capacity in a changing Arctic by use of technology
Increasing freshwater and dissolved organic carbon flows to Northwest Alaska’s Elson lagoon
Warm-season net CO 2 uptake outweighs cold-season emissions over Alaskan North Slope tundra under current and RCP8.5 climate
Rapidly changing high-latitude seasonality
Lidar-derived estimates of boreal shrub biomass in Southcentral Alaska
Soil respiration strongly offsets carbon uptake in Alaska and Northwest Canada
Basal ice but not summer temperature affects land surface greenness in parts of the landscape in high Arctic tundra
Comparing assumptions and applications of dynamic vegetation models used in the Arctic-Boreal zone of Alaska and Canada
Varying contributions of greenhouse gases, aerosols and natural forcings to Arctic land surface air temperature changes
Mid-summer snow-free albedo across the Arctic tundra was mostly stable or increased over the past two decades
Climate drivers of Arctic tundra variability and change using an indicators framework
Attribution of extremes to greenhouse gas-induced changes in regional climate variability, distinct from changes in mean climate
Icy, Watery, Liquescent
The Arctic’s pulse
Racial Climates, Ecological Indifference
Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland
Terrain Features and Architecture of Wolverine (Gulo gulo) Resting Burrows and Reproductive Dens on Arctic Tundra
Forest canopy height mapping using Icesat-2 data to aid forest management in a Canadian Arctic community
Tethered balloon-borne profile measurements of atmospheric properties in the cloudy atmospheric boundary layer over the Arctic sea ice during MosaiC
Complexity of Arctic Ocean water isotope (δ18O, δ2H) spatial and temporal patterns revealed with machine learning
Meteorological conditions during the MosaiC expedition
Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia
Changes in Sharing and Participation are Important Predictors of the Health of Traditional Harvest Practices in Indigenous Communities in Alaska
Searching for a MicroFEWs nexus in Alaska
Understanding the Impacts of Arctic Climate Change Through the Lens of Political Ecology
The rapidly changing Arctic and its societal implications
Cross‐border dimensions of Arctic climate change impacts and implications for Europe
Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing
Annals of Education
Putting brakes on Expedition Cruise Tourism in Svalbard
Comparing recent changes in the Arctic and the Third Pole
Using Light Art Installation in Urban Nightscapes to Raise Public Awareness of Carbon Neutrality
Environmental issues in the Anthropocene
Winter soil temperature varies with canopy cover in Siberian larch forests
Snow persistence lowers and delays peak NDVI, the vegetation index that underpins Arctic greening analyses
Satellite observations reveal stable forest limits and shrub expansion across the Canadian forest-tundra ecotone
Zooming in on Arctic urban nature
Expanding infrastructure and growing anthropogenic impacts along Arctic coasts
Warmer winters are reducing potential ice roads and port accessibility in the Pan-Arctic
Tundra recovery post-fire in the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Increasing occurrence of heat waves in the terrestrial Arctic
Range shifts in a foundation sedge potentially induce large Arctic ecosystem carbon losses and gains
Evaluating photosynthetic activity across Arctic-Boreal land cover types using solar-induced fluorescence
Reducing uncertainty of high-latitude ecosystem models through identification of key parameters
Multi-year data-model evaluation reveals the importance of nutrient availability over climate in arctic ecosystem C dynamics
Freshening leads to a three-decade trend of declining nutrients in the western Arctic Ocean
Landsat-based lake distribution and changes in western Alaska permafrost regions between the 1970s and 2010s
Pollution in the Arctic Ocean
Ecological integrity and conservation challenges in a rapidly changing Arctic
Arctic terrestrial biodiversity status and trends
Key periods of peatland development and environmental changes in the middle taiga zone of Western Siberia during the Holocene
Developing a circumpolar programme for the monitoring of Arctic terrestrial biodiversity
The role of a changing Arctic Ocean and climate for the biogeochemical cycling of dimethyl sulphide and carbon monoxide
Time-Integrated Collection of Co 2 for 14 C Analysis From Soils
A local climate perspective on possible development pathways for Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Negotiating trade-offs between the environment, sustainability and mass tourism amongst guides on Svalbard
Predicting the future of coastal marine ecosystems in the rapidly changing Arctic
Impacts of Climate Change on Youth's Place Attachment
The Mass Balance of Circum-Arctic Glaciers and Recent Climate Change
Regression Analysis by Example
Recent Arctic amplification and extreme mid-latitude weather
Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback
Estimated stocks of circumpolar permafrost carbon with quantified uncertainty ranges and identified data gaps
Changes in precipitation with climate change
Increasing River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean
Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013
The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming
Processes and impacts of Arctic amplification
Polar amplification and elevation-dependence in trends of Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent, 1971–2014
Uncovering the unknown—climate interactions in a changing arctic tundra
Surface water inundation in the boreal-Arctic
Arctic warming, increasing snow cover and widespread boreal winter cooling
Vulnerability and resilience of the carbon exchange of a subarctic peatland to an extreme winter event
Changing seasonality of panarctic tundra vegetation in relationship to climatic variables
Shrub growth and expansion in the Arctic tundra
Changing Arctic snow cover
What Determines the Current Presence or Absence of Permafrost in the Torneträsk Region, a Sub-arctic Landscape in Northern Sweden
Ecosystem responses to climate change at a Low Arctic and a High Arctic long-term research site
Ecosystem Response to Climatic Change
A synthesis of the arctic terrestrial and marine carbon cycles under pressure from a dwindling cryosphere
Toward a statistical description of methane emissions from arctic wetlands
Spatiotemporal variability in surface energy balance across tundra, snow and ice in Greenland
| Unique citing works | 60 |
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| Citations per year | 8,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 57 |