Drought trends in the Iberian Peninsula over the last 112 years
The Iberian Peninsula (IP) is a drought‐prone area located in the Mediterranean which
presents a significant tendency towards dryness during the last decades, reinforcing the …
presents a significant tendency towards dryness during the last decades, reinforcing the …
Water memory effects and their impacts on global vegetation productivity and resilience
Memory effects refer to the impacts of antecedent climate conditions on current vegetation
productivity. This temporal linkage has been found to be strong in arid and semi-arid …
productivity. This temporal linkage has been found to be strong in arid and semi-arid …
No evidence that warmer temperatures are associated with selection for smaller body sizes
AM Siepielski, MB Morrissey… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Reductions in animal body size over recent decades are often interpreted as an adaptive
evolutionary response to climate warming. However, for reductions in size to reflect adaptive …
evolutionary response to climate warming. However, for reductions in size to reflect adaptive …
Vegetation‐memory effects and their association with vegetation resilience in global drylands
Vegetation memory describes the effect of antecedent environmental and ecological
conditions on the present ecosystem state and has been proposed as an important proxy for …
conditions on the present ecosystem state and has been proposed as an important proxy for …
Permafrost thermal responses to asymmetrical climate changes: An integrated perspective
An integrated perspective of permafrost dynamics is a key bridge between permafrost and
global socioeconomic assessments. This study investigated the air temperature changes …
global socioeconomic assessments. This study investigated the air temperature changes …
High Arctic summer warming tracked by increased Cassiope tetragona growth in the world's northernmost polar desert
Rapid climate warming has resulted in shrub expansion, mainly of erect deciduous shrubs in
the Low Arctic, but the more extreme, sparsely vegetated, cold and dry High Arctic is …
the Low Arctic, but the more extreme, sparsely vegetated, cold and dry High Arctic is …
[HTML][HTML] Evaluation and bias correction of CRU TS4. 05 potential evapotranspiration across vast environments with limited data
Long-term and reliable gridded estimates of potential evapotranspiration (PET) are often
dearth. Being the longest available dataset with no validation, this work makes an effort to …
dearth. Being the longest available dataset with no validation, this work makes an effort to …
Calibrating climate model ensembles for assessing extremes in a changing climate
N Herger, O Angélil, G Abramowitz… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate models serve as indispensable tools to investigate the effect of anthropogenic
emissions on current and future climate, including extremes. However, as low‐dimensional …
emissions on current and future climate, including extremes. However, as low‐dimensional …
Greening vs browning? Surface water cover mediates how tundra and boreal ecosystems respond to climate warming
J Li, M Holmgren, C Xu - Environmental Research Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate warming in northern high latitudes has progressed twice as fast as the global
average, leading to prominent but puzzling changes in vegetation structure and functioning …
average, leading to prominent but puzzling changes in vegetation structure and functioning …
Growth rings show limited evidence for ungulates' potential to suppress shrubs across the Arctic
Global warming has pronounced effects on tundra vegetation, and rising mean temperatures
increase plant growth potential across the Arctic biome. Herbivores may counteract the …
increase plant growth potential across the Arctic biome. Herbivores may counteract the …