Russian war on Ukraine hampers Arctic change predictions
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is biasing predictions of how the Arctic will respond to climate change, according to a team of international scientists.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine is biasing predictions of how the Arctic will respond to climate change, according to a team of international scientists.
<p>USDA Forest Service research wildlife biologist Philip Manlick used a novel technique to trace the movement of carbon through Arctic and boreal forest food webs and found that climate warming resulted in a shift from plant-based food webs to fungal-based food webs for several high-latitude species, with potential indirect effects on nutrient cycling and ecosystem function.</p>
<p>USDA Forest Service research wildlife biologist Philip Manlick used a novel technique to trace the movement of carbon through Arctic and boreal forest food webs and found that climate warming resulted in a shift from plant-based food webs to fungal-based food webs for several high-latitude species, with potential indirect effects on nutrient cycling and ecosystem function.</p>
On my way to work on this damp morning, I enjoyed a rainbow in the ditches. While the fall colors of the canopy are losing their luster, many of the
Deeper snowpack than normal in some parts of the Arctic is driving the thawing of long-frozen permafrost carbon reserves, researchers report.