The Longest Baseline Record of Vegetation Dynamics in Antarctica Reveals Acute Sensitivity to Water Availability

• Published in: Earth's Future
• Main Authors: Claudia Colesie, Yueming Pan, S. Craig Cary, Emma Gemal, Lars Brabyn, Jeong‐Hoon Kim, T. G. Allan Green, Charles K. Lee
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: baseline environment; terrestrial ecosystem; climate change; Antarctica; remote sensing; moss; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Hallett; Rudolph; Cape Hallett; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002823; https://doaj.org/article/ab3cc8ae02c64d46ac414e45257de6be

Abstract Against a changing climate, the development of evidence‐based and progressive conservation policies depends on robust and quantitative baseline studies to resolve habitat natural variability and rate of change. Despite Antarctica's significant role in global climate regulation, climate...