Is arctic greening consistent with the ecology of tundra? Lessons from an ecologically informed mass balance model

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: A V Rocha, B Blakely, Y Jiang, K S Wright, S R Curasi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2018
• Subjects: NDVI; arctic greening/browning; disturbance; arctic ecology and biogeochemistry; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Arctic; Browning; Arctic Greening; Climate change; north slope; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaeb50; https://doaj.org/article/45a60358918243a18e7a9a184e6ef5ca

Climate change has been implicated in the widespread ‘greening’ of the arctic in recent decades. However, differences in arctic greening patterns among satellite platforms and recent reports of decreased rate of greening or of browning have made attributing arctic greening trends to a warming climat...