Post-1980s shift in the sensitivity of tundra vegetation to climate revealed by the first dendrochronological record from Bear Island (Bjørnøya), western Barents Sea

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Owczarek, Piotr, Opała-Owczarek, Magdalena, Migała, Krzysztof
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; dwarf shrubs; dendrochronology; climate change; drought stress; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Browning; Bjørnøya; Arctic Greening; Climate change; Polar willow; Salix polaris; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/18542; https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd063

Tundra vegetation dynamics are an excellent indicator of Arctic climate change. In many places in the Arctic, greening of tundra has been observed since the 1980s due to rapid increases in temperature. However, in some areas the opposite process has taken place in connection with a reduction in biom...