Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2007
Keywords
Carbon cycling
Abstract
The northern high latitudes are an area of particular importance to global climate change. As a system dependent on freezing conditions, the top of the planet contains vast amounts of carbon in biomass, soils, and permafrost that have the potential to interact with the atmosphere through the biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and cryosphere. If released en masse, this carbon would greatly exacerbate the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Over the past 2 years, a growing body of research has provided evidence of substantial but idiosyncratic environmental changes, with some surprising aspects, across the region. This article reviews some recent findings and presents a new analysis of northern vegetation photosynthetic and productivity trends tracked from Earth observing satellites.
Publication Title
Eos
Volume
88
Issue
34
First Page
333
Last Page
335
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1029/2007EO340001
Required Publisher's Statement
©2007. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
DOI: 10.1029/2007EO340001
Recommended Citation
Bunn, Andrew Godard; Goetz, Scott J.; Kimball, John S.; and Zhang, Ke, "Northern High-Latitude Ecosystems Respond to Climate Change" (2007). Environmental Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 31.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/esci_facpubs/31
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Dendrochronology; Soil moisture; Trees--Growth; Trees--Climatic factors; Spatial ecology
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
