A systematic review and inventory of recent research relating to optical remote sensing of
Arctic vegetation was conducted, and thematic and geographical trends were summarized …

Arctic climate change has already resulted in amplified and accelerated regional warming,
or the Arctic amplification. Satellite observations have captured this climate phenomenon in …

An intact forest landscape (IFL) is a seamless mosaic of forest and naturally treeless
ecosystems with no remotely detected signs of human activity and a minimum area of 500 …

Exploration and exploitation of oil and gas reserves of northern West Siberia has promoted
rapid industrialization and urban development in the region. This development leaves …

The Arctic has rapidly urbanized in recent decades with 2 million people currently living in
more than a hundred cities north of 65∘ N. These cities have a harsh but sensitive climate …

Climate change and associated Arctic amplification cause a degradation of permafrost
which in turn has major implications for the environment. The potential turnover of frozen …

Abstract Quantification of Land‐Use and Land‐Cover (LULC) changes associated with
energy extraction footprints plays an important role in reclamation performance assessment …

Studies of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) have found broad changes in
vegetation productivity in high northern latitudes in the past decades, including increases in …

Wildfires are relatively rare in subarctic tundra ecosystems, but they can strongly change
ecosystem properties. Short-term fire effects on subarctic tundra vegetation are well …

Cold environment supports a large diversity of local climates. Among them, urban climates in
northern cities stand out for their pronounced warm temperature anomaly known as the …