Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica

• Published in: Current Biology
• Main Authors: Cannone, Nicoletta, Malfasi, Francesco, Favero-Longo, Sergio Enrico, Convey, Peter, Guglielmin, Mauro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Colobanthus quitensi; Deschampsia antarctica; accelerated ecosystem dynamic; climate warming acceleration; maritime Antarctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentine; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Argentine Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2318/1843742; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.074

: The strong air temperature warming between the 1950s and 2016 in the Antarctic Peninsula region1 exceeded the global average warming2,3 with evident impacts on terrestrial ecosystems and the two native Antarctic vascular plants Deschampsia antarctica Desv. and Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl.4...