Rapid change in East Antarctic terrestrial vegetation in response to regional drying

• Published in: Nature Climate Change
• Main Authors: Robinson, SA, King, DH, Bramley-Alves, J, Waterman, MJ, Ashcroft, MB, Wasley, J, Turnbull, JD, Miller, RE, Ryan-Colton, E, Benny, T, Mullany, K, Clarke, LJ, Barry, LA, Hua, Q
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
• Subjects: climate change; ozone depletion; Southern Annular Mode; Antarctic moss; stable isotopes; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/29301/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/29301/1/NCLIM-17050797C_MAIN%2BMETHODS_180802.pdf

East Antarctica has shown little evidence of warming to date with no coherent picture of how climate change is affecting vegetation. In stark contrast, the Antarctic Peninsula experienced some of the most rapid warming on the planet at the end of the last century causing changes to the growth and di...