Shifts in Arctic vegetation and associated feedbacks under climate change

By Richard G. Pearson, Steven J. Phillips, Michael M. Loranty, Pieter S. A. Beck, T. Damoulas, Sarah J. Knight, Scott J. Goetz. 2013

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science

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Young People's Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions (2016, neutral): “Also, we know that ice sheets did not change significantly in size in that period; there may have been some change in Greenland’s albedo and expansion of forests in the Northern Hemisphere (Pearson et al., 2013), but those feedbacks so far have only a small global effect.”
Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being (2017, positive): “(68) projected that by 2050, vegetation in the Arctic will mostly shift from tundra (dominated by lichens and mosses with high albedo) to boreal forest (dominated by coniferous trees with low albedo).”
Record-low primary productivity and high plant damage in the Nordic Arctic Region in 2012 caused by multiple weather events and pest outbreaks (2014, background): “…global change scientists (Williams et al 2011) and is crucial for making firm projections of the state of the Arctic in relation to both future carbon storage potentials and ecosystem resilience (D’Arrigo et al 2008, Williams et al 2011, Callaghan et al 2013, Pearson et al 2013, Larsen et al 2014).”
Modeling plant–water interactions: an ecohydrological overview from the cell to the global scale (2016, background): “These changes in vegetation have a positive effect on local and global warming with the potential to further push shrub encroachment or northern tree line expansion.(43) A final example of important interactions between plants and the water cycle is related to the consequences of increasing atmosphe”
Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda (2021, background): “…climate is the poleward expansion of boreal forests, which decreases the albedo and thus the ratio of incoming and outgoing radiation (Bonan, 2008; Pearson et al. 2013), and increases snow depths, as a consequence of more shrubs, thus isolating the ground from deep frost during the winter leading…”