Signal: shrubs colonizing Arctic tundra
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Shrub takeover a sign of Arctic change

by on 20. Jan, 2012 in Uncategorized

In the 2011 Arctic Report Card, scientists concluded that the Arctic environment has undergone a fundamental shift in conditions, and that the Arctic of recent years—warmer, greener, less icy—is likely to be the new normal for the Far North. One sign of the ongoing transformation of the Arctic is the spread of shrubs across the [...]