Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica
The strong air temperature warming between the 1950s and 2016 in the Antarctic Peninsula region exceeded the global average warming with evident impacts on terrestrial ecosystems and the two native Antarctic vascular plants Deschampsia antarctica Desv. and Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. Subseq...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:531312 2023-05-15T14:02:21+02:00 Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica Cannone, Nicoletta Malfasi, Francesco Favero-Longo, Sergio Enrico Convey, Peter Guglielmin, Mauro 2022-04-11 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531312/ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00136-1 unknown Cell Press Cannone, Nicoletta; Malfasi, Francesco; Favero-Longo, Sergio Enrico; Convey, Peter orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Guglielmin, Mauro. 2022 Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica. Current Biology, 32 (7). 1599-1606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.074 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.074> Botany Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.074 2023-02-24T00:02:01Z The strong air temperature warming between the 1950s and 2016 in the Antarctic Peninsula region exceeded the global average warming with evident impacts on terrestrial ecosystems and the two native Antarctic vascular plants Deschampsia antarctica Desv. and Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. Subsequently, a short but intense cooling occurred from the Antarctic Peninsula to the South Orkney Islands (1999–2016) impacting terrestrial ecosystems, with reduced lichen growth and no further expansion of D. antarctica in the Argentine Islands. The strong warming trend is predicted to resume with expansion of ice-free areas and continued impacts on the abiotic and biotic components of terrestrial ecosystems including the ingression of non-native species as recently recorded at Signy Island (South Orkney Islands). In this study we document acceleration in the expansion of D. antarctica and C. quitensis in the last decade (2009–2018) at Signy Island, where the air temperature warming trend resumed in summer after 2012. We hypothesize that the striking expansion of these plants is mainly triggered by summer air warming and release from the limitation of fur seal disturbance. We also hypothesize that the “pulse” climatic event of the strong air cooling detected in 2012 did not appear to influence the vegetation community dynamics on this island. This is the first evidence in Antarctica for accelerated ecosystem responses to climate warming, confirming similar observations in the Northern Hemisphere. Our findings support the hypothesis that future warming will trigger significant changes in these fragile Antarctic ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Argentine Islands Signy Island South Orkney Islands Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Argentine South Orkney Islands ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) Signy Island ENVELOPE(-45.595,-45.595,-60.708,-60.708) Argentine Islands ENVELOPE(-64.273,-64.273,-65.246,-65.246) Current Biology |
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The strong air temperature warming between the 1950s and 2016 in the Antarctic Peninsula region exceeded the global average warming with evident impacts on terrestrial ecosystems and the two native Antarctic vascular plants Deschampsia antarctica Desv. and Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. Subsequently, a short but intense cooling occurred from the Antarctic Peninsula to the South Orkney Islands (1999–2016) impacting terrestrial ecosystems, with reduced lichen growth and no further expansion of D. antarctica in the Argentine Islands. The strong warming trend is predicted to resume with expansion of ice-free areas and continued impacts on the abiotic and biotic components of terrestrial ecosystems including the ingression of non-native species as recently recorded at Signy Island (South Orkney Islands). In this study we document acceleration in the expansion of D. antarctica and C. quitensis in the last decade (2009–2018) at Signy Island, where the air temperature warming trend resumed in summer after 2012. We hypothesize that the striking expansion of these plants is mainly triggered by summer air warming and release from the limitation of fur seal disturbance. We also hypothesize that the “pulse” climatic event of the strong air cooling detected in 2012 did not appear to influence the vegetation community dynamics on this island. This is the first evidence in Antarctica for accelerated ecosystem responses to climate warming, confirming similar observations in the Northern Hemisphere. Our findings support the hypothesis that future warming will trigger significant changes in these fragile Antarctic ecosystems. |
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Cannone, Nicoletta Malfasi, Francesco Favero-Longo, Sergio Enrico Convey, Peter Guglielmin, Mauro |
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Cannone, Nicoletta Malfasi, Francesco Favero-Longo, Sergio Enrico Convey, Peter Guglielmin, Mauro |
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Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica |
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Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica |
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Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica |
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Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica |
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Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica |
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Cannone, Nicoletta; Malfasi, Francesco; Favero-Longo, Sergio Enrico; Convey, Peter orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Guglielmin, Mauro. 2022 Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica. Current Biology, 32 (7). 1599-1606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.074 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.074> |
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