At the close of the Fourth International Polar Year, we take stock of the ecological
consequences of recent climate change in the Arctic, focusing on effects at population …

Knowledge of soils in the permafrost region has advanced immensely in recent decades,
despite the remoteness and inaccessibility of most of the region and the sampling limitations …

Climate warming in regions of ice‐rich permafrost can result in widespread thermokarst
development, which reconfigures the landscape and damages infrastructure. We present …

This synthesis addresses the vulnerability of the North American high‐latitude soil organic
carbon (SOC) pool to climate change. Disturbances caused by climate warming in arctic …

Circumpolar Arctic Tundra Vegetation Change Is Linked to Sea Ice Decline in: Earth Interactions
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Connections between vegetation and soil thermal dynamics are critical for estimating the
vulnerability of permafrost to thaw with continued climate warming and vegetation changes …

Numerous studies have evaluated the dynamics of Arctic tundra vegetation throughout the
past few decades, using remotely sensed proxies of vegetation, such as the normalized …

Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas whose concentration is increasing in the
atmosphere. So far, the highest terrestrial nitrous oxide emissions have been measured in …

Climate projections for the 21st century indicate that there could be a pronounced warming
and permafrost degradation in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Climate warming is likely to …

Fungi are abundant and functionally important in the A rctic, yet comprehensive studies of
their diversity in relation to geography and environment are not available. We sampled soils …