Tundra vegetation productivity and composition are responding rapidly to climatic changes
in the Arctic. These changes can, in turn, mitigate or amplify permafrost thaw. In this Review …

Arctic coasts are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and
the loss of permafrost, sea ice and glaciers. Assessing the influence of anthropogenic …

Ice wedges are common features of the subsurface in permafrost regions. They develop by
repeated frost cracking and ice vein growth over hundreds to thousands of years. Ice-wedge …

Abstract Changes in Arctic vegetation can have important implications for trophic
interactions and ecosystem functioning leading to climate feedbacks. Plot-based vegetation …

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 …

Warming induced shifts in tundra vegetation composition and structure, including
circumpolar expansion of shrubs, modifies ecosystem structure and functioning with …

The Arctic tundra is warming rapidly, yet the exact mechanisms linking warming and
observed ecological changes are often unclear. Understanding mechanisms of change …

Woody shrubs have increased in biomass and expanded into new areas throughout the Pan-
Arctic tundra biome in recent decades, which has been linked to a biome-wide observed …

Under the contemporary climate change, the Himalaya is reported to be warming at a much
higher rate than the global average. However, little is known about the alpine vegetation …

As the global climate scenario is leading towards warmer and dryer conditions, mountain
ecosystems and their biota are among the most vulnerable because they are determined by …