Reduced arctic tundra productivity linked with landform and climate change interactions

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Lara, Mark J., Nitze, Ingmar (Dr.), Grosse, Guido (Prof. Dr.), Martin, Philip, McGuire, A. David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: ddc:550; Institut für Geowissenschaften; Arctic; Browning; Arctic Greening; Climate change; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/index/index/docId/53585; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20692-8

Arctic tundra ecosystems have experienced unprecedented change associated with climate warming over recent decades. Across the Pan-Arctic, vegetation productivity and surface greenness have trended positively over the period of satellite observation. However, since 2011 these trends have slowed cons...