| Summary: | There is a prevailing lack of long-term and short-term research and knowledge about extreme weather events in the terrestrial Arctic region. Because of this, study efforts have been limited in a wide range of subjects relating to the Arctic and extreme weather events. This project is partaking in an ongoing research project at the University of Gothenburg, relating to reviewing existing research and published scientific papers covering extreme weather events in the terrestrial Arctic Region pertaining to occurrences and consequences of these events. Reviews such as this will help to coordinate and focus efforts relating to future investigations in the Arctic region. This study is a literature review, as well as a joint thesis project, aiming to investigate published scientific articles relating to extreme weather events in the terrestrial Arctic region between 1981-2022, with a focus on the occurrences and the consequences of these events. Results from this project will be joined with results from the ongoing research project, aiming for a holistic approach to this subject. After initial cooperation with the university library, assisting in the process of collecting the relevant scientific articles, an introductory screening followed by a first and second full screening of the articles was carried out. The obtained results, produced in Excel and Grapher, show that research during the studied time period has succeeded in including a variety of extreme weather events but lacks a more even distribution among the studied ecosystem types, as well as the perspective of the human aspect. The studied research is also found to a larger degree focus on found consequences of extreme weather events, rather than the occurrences. The distribution among the found consequences is, on the other hand, uneven. Amidst the more researched ecosystems, the studied extreme weather events have been found to have a large impact. Prevailing knowledge about extreme weather events in the terrestrial Arctic region during the studied time ...
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