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: Piotr Owczarek, Magdalena Opała-Owczarek, Krzysztof Migała
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; dwarf shrubs; dendrochronology; climate change; drought stress; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Bjørnøya; Browning; Arctic Greening; Climate change; Polar willow; Salix polaris; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd063; https://doaj.org/article/9a0cb6fd3ede413aa7b2c91b7471e1cd

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 reduction in biom...