Climate change and extreme events are changing the biology of Polar Regions

Polar landscapes and their unique biodiversity are threatened by climate change. Wild reindeer are cultural and ecological keystone species, traversing across the northern Eurasian Arctic throughout the year (Wild reindeer in the sub-Arctic in Kuhmo, Finland. Photo: Antti Leinonen, Snowchange Cooper...

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Main Author: Robinson, Sharon A
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Research Online 2022
Subjects:
Antarctic
Arctic
King George Island
Leinonen
Antarc*
Climate change
Online Access:https://ro.uow.edu.au/test2021/5874
https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=11421&context=test2021
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Summary:Polar landscapes and their unique biodiversity are threatened by climate change. Wild reindeer are cultural and ecological keystone species, traversing across the northern Eurasian Arctic throughout the year (Wild reindeer in the sub-Arctic in Kuhmo, Finland. Photo: Antti Leinonen, Snowchange Cooperative. Used with permission). In contrast, Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity is found on islands in the ice (or ocean) which support unique assemblages of plants and animals (King George Island, South Shetlands; photo Andrew Netherwood. Used with permission). This VSI examines how the changing climate threatens these diverse marine and terrestrial habitats and the biodiversity that they support.

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