large climate fluctuations since the glacial period (the last ca. 14,500 years). Therefore, it is useful to review the past dynamics of vegetation and climate...
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Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth’s climate system...
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Arctic Climate and vegetation interactions in the Arctic Northern Sea Route Climate change in Antarctica Ozone depletion and climate change Save the Arctic...
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why research in the Arctic is valuable for the study of climate change is that the effects of climate change will be felt more quickly and more drastically...
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sources of the greenhouse gas methane, there is nowadays also a human component to this due to the effects of climate change. In the Arctic, the main human-influenced...
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000 sq mi), 26% of the country's landmass that includes the Arctic coastal tundra, the Arctic Lowlands and the Innuitian Region in the High Arctic. Tundra terrain...
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Biome (section Effects of climate change)
specific climate, vegetation, and animal life. It consists of a biological community that has formed in response to its physical environment and regional...
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in the Arctic region has declined in recent decades in area and volume due to climate change. It has been melting more in summer than it refreezes in...
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via climate niche mismatch. For example, climate change can cause species to move in different directions, potentially disrupting their interactions with...
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interactions between them. The climate of a location is affected by its latitude, longitude, terrain, altitude, land use and nearby water bodies and their...
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Tundra of North America (redirect from Tundra in North America)
(2012). "Temperature and water controls vegetation on emergence, microbial dynamics and soil carbon and nitrogen fluxes in high arctic tundra ecosystems"...
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Sierra Nevada subalpine zone (category Forests of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
hemlock, and Sierra juniper. The vegetation and ecology is determined by the harsh climate, with extensive snow and wind. In addition, soils are thin and nutrient-poor...
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Polar bear (redirect from Arctic bear)
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can...
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Permafrost (redirect from Permafrost and climate change)
soil. The permafrost carbon cycle (Arctic Carbon Cycle) deals with the transfer of carbon from permafrost soils to terrestrial vegetation and microbes...
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Altitudinal zonation (redirect from Vegetation inversion)
composition, and solar radiation are important factors in determining altitudinal zones, which consequently support different vegetation and animal species...
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"Time-Dependent Variations in the Arctic's Surface Albedo Feedback and the Link to Seasonality in Sea Ice". Journal of Climate. 30 (1): 393–410. doi:10...
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Polar vortex (redirect from Arctic cyclone)
weak polar vortex and outbreaks of severe cold in the Northern Hemisphere. In later years, scientists identified interactions with Arctic sea ice decline...
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The climate of France is the statistical distribution of conditions in the Earth's atmosphere over the national territory, based on the averages and variability...
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African humid period (category History of climate variability and change)
The African humid period (AHP; also known by other names) was a climate period in Africa during the late Pleistocene and Holocene geologic epochs, when...
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Helmholtz Association (category Organisations based in Berlin)
REKLIM in order to tackle the interactions between atmosphere, sea ice, ocean and land surfaces. These interactions determine the climate of the Earth...
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Cryosphere (section Properties and interactions)
Deng, Yi (2019-06-19). "Thicker Clouds and Accelerated Arctic Sea Ice Decline: The Atmosphere-Sea Ice Interactions in Spring". Geophysical Research Letters...
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Climate Change in Nigeria has caused increasing temperatures and rainfall variability (increasing in coastal areas and declining in continental areas)...
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In climate science, a tipping point is a critical threshold that, when crossed, leads to large, accelerating and often irreversible changes in the climate...
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Polar ecology (category Environment of the Arctic)
Polar climates are cold, windy and dry. Because of the lack of precipitation and low temperatures the Arctic and Antarctic are considered the world's...
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St. Matthew Island (category Islands of the Bering Sea)
landforms and drainage patterns. The plant communities were attributed to five categories. In the area of rock rubble fields and high ridges the vegetation was...
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Desert ecology (category Deserts and xeric shrublands)
ecology is the study of interactions between both biotic and abiotic components of desert environments. A desert ecosystem is defined by interactions between...
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studies on climate change, oil and gas, and Arctic shipping. In 2011, the Council member states concluded the Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement, the first...
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Sahara (redirect from Climate of the Sahara)
largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic. The name "Sahara"...
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Ellesmere Island (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
Ellesmere's Arctic marine climate is strongly affected in the north by Arctic Ocean currents and the polar vortex, while the climate of the southeastern...
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Greenland ice sheet (category Climate of Greenland)
temperatures fall to below the preindustrial levels. List of glaciers in Greenland Glaciation Climate change in the Arctic Sea level rise Arctic sea ice decline...
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