Warmer Arctic weakens vegetation

International audience Warm conditions in the Arctic Ocean have been linked to cold mid-latitude winters. Observations and simulations suggest that warm Arctic anomalies lead to a dip in CO$_2$ uptake capacity in North American ecosystems and to low crop productivity.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Geoscience
Main Author: Bastos, Ana
Other Authors: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2017
Subjects:
[SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Online Access:https://cea.hal.science/cea-01887516
https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2989
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Summary:International audience Warm conditions in the Arctic Ocean have been linked to cold mid-latitude winters. Observations and simulations suggest that warm Arctic anomalies lead to a dip in CO$_2$ uptake capacity in North American ecosystems and to low crop productivity.

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