Arctic browning: impacts of extreme events on vegetation and carbon balance in high latitude ecosystems

• Main Author: Treharne, Rachael
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Sheffield 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Browning; Climate change
• Online Access: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22784/

Climate change is happening faster in the Arctic than almost anywhere else in the world, and Arctic winters are warming especially rapidly. Among the consequences of this is an increase in the frequency of winter extreme events. These include climatic events, such as periods of extreme warmth, and b...