We focus specifically on three key feedback loops between tundra and atmosphere (carbon dynamics, albedo and permafrost thaw) and the influences of three key ecosystem compartments (vegetation, ...
Arctic tundra, a frozen treeless biome which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHGs) which are the primary drivers of global warming, ...
Meanwhile, another biome – one that covers more than half ... deserts, shrublands, and tundra globally. But they are more than just expansive open landscapes – rangelands are central to ...
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Green summer tundra and the rolling Mulgrave Hills in northwestern Alaska’s Cape Krusenstern National Monument are seen on July 11, 2011. The Mulgrave Hills are the farthest west extension of ...
For thousands of years, the Arctic tundra landscape of shrubs and permafrost, or frozen ground, has acted as a carbon dioxide sink, meaning that the landscape was taking up and storing this gas that ...