Plants and soil microbes respond to recent warming on the Antarctic Peninsula
Annual temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth, have risen by up to 0.56°C per decade since the 1950s [1]. Terrestrial and marine organisms have shown changes in populations and distributions over this time [2 and 3], suggesting that the ecology of t...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:503103 2023-12-17T10:20:00+01:00 Plants and soil microbes respond to recent warming on the Antarctic Peninsula Royles, Jessica Amesbury, Matthew J. Convey, Peter Griffiths, Howard Hodgson, Dominic A. Leng, Melanie J. Charman, Dan J. 2013-09-09 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503103/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503103/1/Royles_et_al_2013_Curr_Biol_FINAL.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.07.011 en eng Elsevier https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503103/1/Royles_et_al_2013_Curr_Biol_FINAL.pdf Royles, Jessica orcid:0000-0003-0489-6863 Amesbury, Matthew J.; Convey, Peter orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Griffiths, Howard; Hodgson, Dominic A. orcid:0000-0002-3841-3746 Leng, Melanie J. orcid:0000-0003-1115-5166 Charman, Dan J. 2013 Plants and soil microbes respond to recent warming on the Antarctic Peninsula. Current Biology, 23 (17). 1702-1706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.07.011 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.07.011> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.07.011 2023-11-17T00:03:30Z Annual temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth, have risen by up to 0.56°C per decade since the 1950s [1]. Terrestrial and marine organisms have shown changes in populations and distributions over this time [2 and 3], suggesting that the ecology of the Antarctic Peninsula is changing rapidly. However, these biological records are shorter in length than the meteorological data, and observed population changes cannot be securely linked to longer-term trends apparent in paleoclimate data [4]. We developed a unique time series of past moss growth and soil microbial activity from a 150-year-old moss bank at the southern limit of significant plant growth based on accumulation rates, cellulose δ13C, and fossil testate amoebae. We show that growth rates and microbial productivity have risen rapidly since the 1960s, consistent with temperature changes [5], although recently they may have stalled [2]. The recent increase in terrestrial plant growth rates and soil microbial activity are unprecedented in the last 150 years and are consistent with climate change. Future changes in terrestrial biota are likely to track projected temperature increases closely and will fundamentally change the ecology and appearance of the Antarctic Peninsula. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Current Biology 23 17 1702 1706 |
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Annual temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth, have risen by up to 0.56°C per decade since the 1950s [1]. Terrestrial and marine organisms have shown changes in populations and distributions over this time [2 and 3], suggesting that the ecology of the Antarctic Peninsula is changing rapidly. However, these biological records are shorter in length than the meteorological data, and observed population changes cannot be securely linked to longer-term trends apparent in paleoclimate data [4]. We developed a unique time series of past moss growth and soil microbial activity from a 150-year-old moss bank at the southern limit of significant plant growth based on accumulation rates, cellulose δ13C, and fossil testate amoebae. We show that growth rates and microbial productivity have risen rapidly since the 1960s, consistent with temperature changes [5], although recently they may have stalled [2]. The recent increase in terrestrial plant growth rates and soil microbial activity are unprecedented in the last 150 years and are consistent with climate change. Future changes in terrestrial biota are likely to track projected temperature increases closely and will fundamentally change the ecology and appearance of the Antarctic Peninsula. |
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