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Balancing forage and fear: How people, environment and predators shape reindeer grazing in the Fennoscandian tundra

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The long history of reindeer herding in Fennoscandia has shaped the mountain tundra by influencing its productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling and vegetation structure. By partly limiting shrub expansion, extensive reindeer grazing contributes to ecosystem resilience and helps mitigate climate change effects.
Marianne Stoessel, Felicia Wikinger, Regina Lindborg   +2 more
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Changing snow conditions are challenging moose (Alces alces) surveys in Alaska

Wildlife Society Bulletin
Snow conditions are changing rapidly across our planet, which has important implications for wildlife managers. In Alaska, USA, the later arrival of snow is challenging wildlife managers' ability to conduct aerial fall (autumn) moose (Alces alces ...
Todd J. Brinkman, Kalin A. Kellie, Adele K. Reinking, Glen E. Liston, Natalie T. Boelman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robust Performance Loss Rate Calculation for Photovoltaic Systems in High Latitude Locations

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, EarlyView.
This work studies the best methods for performance loss rate (PLR) calculation in high latitude locations, characterized by strong seasonal variability. As the different methods can drastically affect the PLR value, an ensemble method consisting of multiple approaches was validated to be essential in identifying robust PLRs.
Lauri Karttunen, Väinö Anttalainen, Sami Jouttijärvi, Juha A. Karhu, Hugo Huerta, Samuli Ranta, Anders V. Lindfors, Kati Miettunen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeled Subsidence of Permafrost Terrain 2025–2050: North‐Central Alaska

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A large fraction of the Alaska terrain is underlain by regolith that contains excess ice (ice that in volume exceeds the natural pore space). Possible loss of excess ice would lead to ground subsidence, which in turn would disturb and destabilize the ground surface.
Jaakko Putkonen, Hayden Patterson, Robert Chance, Mary Soaper, Anai Caparó Bellido, Aymane Ahajjam, Andrew Wilcox, Sheridan Parker, Timothy Pasch   +8 more
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Winter snow as a skillful indicator for spring wildfire in Northeast Asia

npj Natural Hazards
Wildfire in Northeastern Asia presents significant challenges to climate, ecosystems, and socio-economic systems. Here, we investigate the influence of preceding winter snow on spring wildfires in Northeastern Asia.
Meng Meng, Yunfei Lan, Daoyi Gong, Neng Luo, Ziyin Zhang, Yanyan Pei, Qichao Yao   +6 more
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Disposition Model for Permafrost Degradation in Mountainous Regions

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Permafrost is a widespread thermal phenomenon in Arctic and high mountain regions that, in combination with steep terrain, exerts a key control on slope stability. Its degradation in response to climatic warming can modify the likelihood and timing of rockfall, debris flow and related mass movements. Robust information on the current state and
Peter Mani, Simon Allen, Mathias Bavay, Nils Hählen, Markus Stoffel   +4 more
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Evaluating Testability of Permafrost Models Through Physical and Thermal Testing in Complex Mountain Terrain, Yukon, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Due to its subsurface nature, permafrost cannot be directly observed with the naked eye or optical remote sensing. Consequently, accurately describing its distribution and thermal state is challenging. This is especially true in vast, remote environments, where obtaining comprehensive field data is demanding or improbable.
Ria Nicholson, Philip P. Bonnaventure, Nick C. Noad, Madeleine C. Garibaldi, Rabecca Thiessen, Will Kochtitzky   +5 more
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Regional analysis of spatiotemporal trends in Colorado potato beetle abundance

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Leveraging a large data set on Colorado potato beetles in Wisconsin, we examine spatial and temporal abundance trends. Spatiotemporal statistical models substantially improve fit and show that climate and management factors are positively associated with abundance levels.
Nursultan Azhimuratov, Russell L. Groves, Juan Francisco Mandujano Reyes, Jun Zhu, Sean D. Schoville   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hybrid physics–data‐driven modeling for sea ice thermodynamics and transfer learning

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
Icepack–NN, a machine‐learning‐based hybrid version of the sea‐ice column model Icepack, is developed to correct state‐dependent forecast errors arising from misspecified snow thermodynamics, using neural networks applied online within the physical model.
G. De Cillis, A. Carrassi, J. Brajard, L. Bertino, M. Broccoli, D. Iovino, T.S. Finn, M. Bocquet   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards improving Arctic mixed‐phase cloud representation in the ECMWF model using MOSAiC observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The presence of Arctic clouds plays a crucial role in the evolution of the surface temperature of Arctic sea ice. However, large biases in cloud representation remain in state‐of‐the‐art weather and climate models. In this study, we use observational data from the one‐year Arctic ship campaign Multi‐disciplinary drifting Observatory for the ...
Luise Schulte, Richard Forbes, Linus Magnusson, Vera Schemann, Jonathan Day, Susanne Crewell   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source