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Berner LT, Orndahl KM, Rose M, Tamstorf M, Arndal MF, Alexander HD, Humphreys ER, Loranty MM, Ludwig SM, Nyman J, Juutinen S, Aurela M, Happonen K, Mikola J, Mack MC, Vankoughnett MR, Iversen CM, Salmon VG, Yang D, Kumar J, Grogan P, Danby RK, Scott NA, Olofsson J, Siewert MB, Deschamps L, Lévesque E, Maire V, Morneault A, Gauthier G, Gignac C, Boudreau S, Gaspard A, Kholodov A, Bret-Harte MS, Greaves HE, Walker D, Gregory FM, Michelsen A, Kumpula T, Villoslada M, Ylänne H, Luoto M, Virtanen T, Forbes BC, Hölzel N, Epstein H, Heim RJ, Bunn A, Holmes RM, Hung JKY, Natali SM, Virkkala AM, Goetz SJ. The Arctic Plant Aboveground Biomass Synthesis Dataset. Sci Data 2024; 11:305. [PMID: 38509110 PMCID: PMC10954756 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03139-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Plant biomass is a fundamental ecosystem attribute that is sensitive to rapid climatic changes occurring in the Arctic. Nevertheless, measuring plant biomass in the Arctic is logistically challenging and resource intensive. Lack of accessible field data hinders efforts to understand the amount, composition, distribution, and changes in plant biomass in these northern ecosystems. Here, we present The Arctic plant aboveground biomass synthesis dataset, which includes field measurements of lichen, bryophyte, herb, shrub, and/or tree aboveground biomass (g m-2) on 2,327 sample plots from 636 field sites in seven countries. We created the synthesis dataset by assembling and harmonizing 32 individual datasets. Aboveground biomass was primarily quantified by harvesting sample plots during mid- to late-summer, though tree and often tall shrub biomass were quantified using surveys and allometric models. Each biomass measurement is associated with metadata including sample date, location, method, data source, and other information. This unique dataset can be leveraged to monitor, map, and model plant biomass across the rapidly warming Arctic.
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Affiliation(s)
- Logan T Berner
- School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA.
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- School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
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- School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
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- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, USA
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Palisades, USA
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- Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
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- Climate System Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Bioeconomy and Environment Unit, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
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- Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
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- Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
- Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
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- Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
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- Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Département des sciences de l'environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Département des sciences de l'environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Département des sciences de l'environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Département des sciences de l'environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Department of Biology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Department of Plant Science, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA
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- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA
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- Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
- Institute of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Ecosystems and Environment Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA
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- School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
- Bioeconomy and Environment Unit, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
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Turner MM, Ghayoomi M, Duderstadt K, Brewer J, Kholodov A. Climate change and seismic resilience: Key considerations for Alaska's infrastructure and built environment. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0292320. [PMID: 37851643 PMCID: PMC10584099 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Alaska is one of the most seismically active regions of the world. Coincidentally, the state has also experienced dramatic impacts of climate change as it is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the United States. Through mechanisms such as permafrost thaw, water table fluctuation, and melting of sea ice and glaciers, climatic-driven changes to the natural and built-environment influence the seismic response of infrastructure systems. This paper discusses the challenges and needs posed by earthquake hazards and climate change to Alaska's infrastructure and built environment, drawing on the contributions of researchers and decision-makers in interviews and a workshop. It outlines policy, mitigation, and adaptation areas meriting further attention to improve the seismic resilience of Alaska's built environment from the perspectives of engineering and complementary coupled human-environmental systems.
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- Matthew M. Turner
- Parsons Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Geography, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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Biskaborn BK, Smith SL, Noetzli J, Matthes H, Vieira G, Streletskiy DA, Schoeneich P, Romanovsky VE, Lewkowicz AG, Abramov A, Allard M, Boike J, Cable WL, Christiansen HH, Delaloye R, Diekmann B, Drozdov D, Etzelmüller B, Grosse G, Guglielmin M, Ingeman-Nielsen T, Isaksen K, Ishikawa M, Johansson M, Johannsson H, Joo A, Kaverin D, Kholodov A, Konstantinov P, Kröger T, Lambiel C, Lanckman JP, Luo D, Malkova G, Meiklejohn I, Moskalenko N, Oliva M, Phillips M, Ramos M, Sannel ABK, Sergeev D, Seybold C, Skryabin P, Vasiliev A, Wu Q, Yoshikawa K, Zheleznyak M, Lantuit H. Permafrost is warming at a global scale. Nat Commun 2019; 10:264. [PMID: 30651568 PMCID: PMC6335433 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08240-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Permafrost warming has the potential to amplify global climate change, because when frozen sediments thaw it unlocks soil organic carbon. Yet to date, no globally consistent assessment of permafrost temperature change has been compiled. Here we use a global data set of permafrost temperature time series from the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost to evaluate temperature change across permafrost regions for the period since the International Polar Year (2007-2009). During the reference decade between 2007 and 2016, ground temperature near the depth of zero annual amplitude in the continuous permafrost zone increased by 0.39 ± 0.15 °C. Over the same period, discontinuous permafrost warmed by 0.20 ± 0.10 °C. Permafrost in mountains warmed by 0.19 ± 0.05 °C and in Antarctica by 0.37 ± 0.10 °C. Globally, permafrost temperature increased by 0.29 ± 0.12 °C. The observed trend follows the Arctic amplification of air temperature increase in the Northern Hemisphere. In the discontinuous zone, however, ground warming occurred due to increased snow thickness while air temperature remained statistically unchanged.
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- Boris K Biskaborn
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, 14473, Germany.
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- Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON-K1A 0E8, Canada
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- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, CH-7260, Switzerland
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
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- CEG/IGOT, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, 1600-276, Portugal
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- Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, RAS, Moscow, 142290, Russia
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- Université Laval, Centre d'études nordiques, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
- Humboldt-Universität, Geography Department, Berlin, 10099, Germany
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
- University of Potsdam, Potsdam, 14469, Germany
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- Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RAS, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
- University of Potsdam, Potsdam, 14469, Germany
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- Insubria University, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Varese, 21100, Italy
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Civil Engineering, Kgs. Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark
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- Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, 0313, Norway
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- University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK-99775, USA
- Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, RAS, Moscow, 142290, Russia
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- Free University Berlin, Geography Department, Berlin, 12249, Germany
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resource, CAS, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RAS, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
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- Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RAS, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
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- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08001, Spain
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- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, CH-7260, Switzerland
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- Institute of Environmental Geoscience, RAS, Moscow, 101000, Russia
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- Melnikov Permafrost Institute, RAS, Yakutsk, 677010, Russia
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- Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RAS, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
- Tyumen State University, Tyumen, 625003, Russia
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resource, CAS, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
- University of Potsdam, Potsdam, 14469, Germany
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