Post-1980s shift in the sensitivity of tundra vegetation to climate revealed by the first dendrochronological record from Bear Island (Bjørnøya), western Barents Sea

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Owczarek, Piotr, Opała-Owczarek, Magdalena, Migała, Krzysztof
• Other Authors: Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Bjørnøya; Browning; Arctic Greening; Climate change; Polar willow; Salix polaris; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd063; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd063; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd063/pdf

Abstract Tundra vegetation dynamics are an excellent indicator of Arctic climate change. In many places in the Arctic, greening of tundra has been observed since the 1980s due to rapid increases in temperature. However, in some areas the opposite process has taken place in connection with a reductio...