Ecological and conceptual consequences of Arctic pollution

Kirdyanov, A. V.; Krusic, P. J.; Shishov, V. V.; Vaganov, E. A.; Fertikov, A. I.; Myglan, V. S.; Barinov, V. V.; Browse, J.; Esper, J.; Ilyin, V. A.; Knorre, A. A.; Korets, M. A.; Kukarskikh, V. V.; Mashukov, D. A.; Onuchin, A. A.; Piermattei, A.; Pimenov, A. V.; Prokushkin, A. S.; Ryzhkova, V. A.; Shishikin, A. S.; Smith, K. T.; Taynik, A. V.; Wild, M.; Zorita, E.; Büntgen, Ulf

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13611

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Ecological and conceptual consequences of Arctic pollution

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SYSNO ASEP	0535245
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Ecological and conceptual consequences of Arctic pollution
Author(s)	Kirdyanov, A. V. (RU) Krusic, P. J. (SE) Shishov, V. V. (RU) Vaganov, E. A. (RU) Fertikov, A. I. (RU) Myglan, V. S. (RU) Barinov, V. V. (RU) Browse, J. (GB) Esper, J. (DE) Ilyin, V. A. (RU) Knorre, A. A. (RU) Korets, M. A. (RU) Kukarskikh, V. V. (RU) Mashukov, D. A. (RU) Onuchin, A. A. (RU) Piermattei, A. (GB) Pimenov, A. V. (RU) Prokushkin, A. S. (RU) Ryzhkova, V. A. (RU) Shishikin, A. S. (RU) Smith, K. T. (GB) Taynik, A. V. (RU) Wild, M. (CH) Zorita, E. (DE) Büntgen, Ulf (UEK-B)_{RID, ORCID, SAI}
Number of authors	25
Source Title	Ecology Letters - ISSN 1461-023X Roč. 23, č. 12 (2020), s. 1827-1837
Number of pages	10 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	tree-growth ; boreal forest ; air-pollution ; local minima ; black carbon ; sea-ice ; temperature ; model ; sensitivity ; divergence ; Arctic Dimming ; boreal forest ; Divergence Problem ; industrial pollution ; Norilsk Disaster ; Russia ; Siberia ; tree rings
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
OECD category	Ecology
R&D Projects	EF16_019/0000797 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
Method of publishing	Open access
Institutional support	UEK-B - RVO:86652079
UT WOS	000572403300001
EID SCOPUS	85091364713
DOI	10.1111/ele.13611
Annotation	Although the effect of pollution on forest health and decline received much attention in the 1980s, it has not been considered to explain the 'Divergence Problem' in dendroclimatology, a decoupling of tree growth from rising air temperatures since the 1970s. Here we use physical and biogeochemical measurements of hundreds of living and dead conifers to reconstruct the impact of heavy industrialisation around Norilsk in northern Siberia. Moreover, we develop a forward model with surface irradiance forcing to quantify long-distance effects of anthropogenic emissions on the functioning and productivity of Siberia's taiga. Downwind from the world's most polluted Arctic region, tree mortality rates of up to 100% have destroyed 24,000 km(2)boreal forest since the 1960s, coincident with dramatic increases in atmospheric sulphur, copper, and nickel concentrations. In addition to regional ecosystem devastation, we demonstrate how 'Arctic Dimming' can explain the circumpolar 'Divergence Problem', and discuss implications on the terrestrial carbon cycle.
Workplace	Global Change Research Institute
Contact	Nikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268
Year of Publishing	2021
Electronic address	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ele.13611

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