May 18, 2017
Widespread Biological Response to Rapid Warming on the Antarctic Peninsula
by
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Current Biology
- Represents the first Peninsula-wide assessment of biological sensitivity to recent warming
- Analyzes moss bank plant and microbial proxy data over 150 years and 600-km gradient
- Finds there are fundamental and widespread changes in terrestrial biosphere in response to warming
- Concludes that terrestrial ecosystems likely to alter rapidly under future warming scenarios