Executive Summary

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Executive Summary – Wildfire Sidebar

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Surface Air Temperature

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Terrestrial Snow Cover

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Precipitation

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McCrystall, M. R., J. Stroeve, M. C. Serreze, B. C. Forbes, and J. A. Screen, 2021: New climate models reveal faster and larger increases in Arctic precipitation than previously projected. Nat. Commun., 12(1), 6765, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27031-y.

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Yu, L., and S. Zhong, 2021: Trends in Arctic seasonal and extreme precipitation in recent decades. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 145, 1541-1559, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-021-03717-7.

Greenland Ice Sheet

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Sea Ice

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Sea Surface Temperature

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Arctic Ocean Primary Productivity: The Response of Marine Algae to Climate Warming and Sea Ice Decline

Anderson, D. M., and Coauthors, 2022: Harmful algal blooms in the Alaskan Arctic: An emerging threat as the ocean warms. Oceanography, 35(3/4), 130-139, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2022.121.

Ardyna, M., and K. R. Arrigo, 2020: Phytoplankton dynamics in a changing Arctic Ocean. Nat. Climate Change, 10, 892-903 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0905-y.

Ardyna, M., and Coauthors, 2020: Under-ice phytoplankton blooms: Shedding light on the “invisible” part of Arctic primary production. Front. Mar. Sci., 7, 608032, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.608032.

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Bélanger, S., M. Babin, and J. -É. Tremblay, 2013: Increasing cloudiness in Arctic damps the increase in phytoplankton primary production due to sea ice receding. Biogeosciences, 10, 4087-4101, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-4087-2013.

Comiso, J. C., 2015: Variability and trends of the global sea ice covers and sea level: Effects on physicochemical parameters. Climate Change and Marine and Freshwater Toxins, L. M. Botana, M. C. Lauzao, and N. Vilarino, Eds., De Gruyter, Berlin, Germany, https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110333596-003.

Comiso, J. C., W. N. Meier, and R. Gersten, 2017: Variability and trends in the Arctic Sea ice cover: Results from different techniques. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 122, 6883-6900, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012768.

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Fujiwara, A., and Coauthors, 2018: Changes in phytoplankton community structure during wind-induced fall bloom on the central Chukchi shelf. Polar Biol., 41, 1279-1295, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2284-7.

Juranek, L. W., B. Hales, N. L. Beaird, M. A. Goñi, E. Shroyer, J. G. Allen, and A. E. White, 2023: The importance of subsurface productivity in the Pacific Arctic gateway as revealed by high-resolution biogeochemical surveys. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 128, e2022JC019292, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019292.

Lewis, K. M., and K. R. Arrigo, 2020: Ocean color algorithms for estimating chlorophyll a, CDOM absorption, and particle backscattering in the Arctic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 125, e2019JC015706, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015706.

Manizza, M., 2023: Carbon streams into the deep Arctic Ocean. Nat. Geosci., 16, 6-7, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01102-1.

Møller, E. F., A. Christensen, J. Larsen, K. D. Mankoff, M. H. Ribergaard, M. Sejr, P. Wallhead, and M. Maar, 2023: The sensitivity of primary productivity in Disko Bay, a coastal Arctic ecosystem, to changes in freshwater discharge and sea ice cover. Ocean Sci., 19, 403-420, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-403-2023.

Rantanen, M., A. Y. Karpechko, A. Lipponen, K. Nordling, O. Hyvärinen, K. Ruosteenoja, T. Vihma, and A. Laaksonen, 2022: The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the globe since 1979. Commun. Earth Environ., 3, 168, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00498-3.

Tank, S. E., and Coauthors, 2023: Recent trends in the chemistry of major northern rivers signal widespread Arctic change. Nat. Geosci., 16, 789-796, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01247-7.

Terhaar, J., R. Lauerwald, P. Regnier, N. Gruber, and L. Bopp, 2021: Around one third of current Arctic Ocean primary production sustained by rivers and coastal erosion. Nat. Commun., 12, 169, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20470-z.

Tundra Greenness

Bartsch, A., and Coauthors, 2021: Expanding infrastructure and growing anthropogenic impacts along Arctic coasts. Environ. Res. Lett., 16, 115013, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3176.

Berner, L. T., and S. J. Goetz, 2022: Satellite observations document trends consistent with a boreal forest biome shift. Global Change Biol., 28(10), 3275-3292, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16121.

Didan, K., 2021a: MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 [Data set]. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center, https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD13A1.061.

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Erlandsson, R., M. K. Arneberg, H. Tømmervik, E. A. Finne, L. Nilsen, and J. W. Bjerke, 2023: Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring lichen ground cover. Fungal Ecol., 63, 101233, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2023.101233.

Foster, A. C., and Coauthors, 2022: Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses. Environ. Res. Lett., 17, 113001, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac98d7.

Heijmans, M. M. P. D., and Coauthors, 2022: Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost. Nat. Rev. Earth Environ., 3, 68-84, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00233-0.

Huemmrich, K. F., J. Gamon, P. Campbell, M. Mora, S. Vargas Z, B. Almanza, and C. Tweedie, 2023: 20 years of change in tundra NDVI from coupled field and satellite observations. Environ. Res. Lett., 18, 094022, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acee17.

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Mekonnen, Z. A., and Coauthors, 2021: Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance. Environ. Res. Lett., 16, 053001, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abf28b.

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Peatlands and Associated Boreal Forests of Finland Under Restoration

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