Warmer Arctic weakens vegetation

Ana Bastos (1)

1 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]

Warm conditions in the Arctic Ocean have been linked to cold mid-latitude winters. Observations and simulations suggest that warm Arctic anomalies lead to a dip in CO$_2$ uptake capacity in North American ecosystems and to low crop productivity.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Climatology

Ana Bastos. Warmer Arctic weakens vegetation. Nature Geoscience, 2017, 10 (8), pp.543 - 544. ⟨10.1038/ngeo2989⟩. ⟨cea-01887516⟩