Sentences with phrase «into tundra areas»
In North America these coupled interactions set the stage for changes in ecological processes, already documented, consistent with a biome shift characterized by increased deciduous composition in the interior boreal forest and evergreen conifer migration into tundra areas that are, at the same time, experiencing increased shrub densification.
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Elsewhere many smaller ice sheets and glaciers grew, vast areas turned into tundra and deserts expanded as the planet became drier.
We're seeing areas of formerly treeless, windswept tundra transition into shrub vegetation as the climate warms and different things grow.
The Finnish Meteorological Institute has participated in a study in which similar tundra areas were divided into three different types of tundra on the basis of climate and vegetation.
Forests generally would be supported further into the Arctic areas where the tundra permafrost melts.
Some are predictable, such as a widespread growth of shrubs across vast former tundra areas shedding their leaves to be windblown into the increasingly prevalent themokarst melt pools and land - slip dam lakes, where they'll rot anaerobically to release additional methane.
Taking into account how Arctic sea - ice loss and accompanying tundra temperatures have been reported, the northern areas occupy media items quite a lot.