From Jeb Barrett, also shared with the Investigators email list…
Hydrological and Ecological Responses to the March 2022 Extreme Polar Weather Events
An Article Collection for Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
The polar regions experienced record heat waves in March 2022. In the Arctic, a Polar Vortex drove March temperatures 30 °C above average and sea ice extent was the lowest on record for this typically cold month. In the Antarctic, an Atmospheric River funneled warm air across the continent where record temperatures were observed at multiple research stations in continental East Antarctica. We are organizing a special issue of Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research to present and interpret examples of the physical, hydrological, ecological, and human responses to these extreme climate events pole to pole. We are soliciting papers describing how these climate anomalies occurred as extreme weather in polar environments and how the cryosphere, hydrology, resident biota, and ecosystems responded.
Topics
- Documentation of meteorology and physical effects on cryosphere, e.g., glaciers, desert pavement, permafrost, ice-covered lakes.
- Hydrological responses
- Organismal response, e.g., changes in physiology, life history, populations, and species relative abundance.
- Ecosystem-level responses, e.g., changes in biomass, production, nutrient pools and fluxes.
- Influences on marine fisheries
- Impacts on indigenous communities in the Arctic
- Lag effects of event on physical, hydrological, or ecological systems
Guest Editors
Jeb Barrett, Virginia Tech, jebarre@vt.edu
Peter Doran, Louisiana State University, pdoran@lsu.edu
Brendan Kelly, University of Alaska, bpkelly@alaska.edu
Target Submission Date: May 1, 2024
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