Terry Chapin
Terry Chapin
bottom climate high interest large latitude line maybe paper rapidly seems swamps vegetation warming
There's been a long-term interest in why it is that high latitude climate seems to be warming more rapidly than the rest of the world. Basically, I thought that maybe vegetation would be having a large influence, but the bottom line of that paper is that snowmelt swamps the vegetation.
added atmosphere becomes global heat mixed north warmer
This heat is added to the atmosphere, so the atmosphere in the north becomes warmer and is mixed with the global atmosphere.
alaska due increase influence limited mostly profoundly rapidly snow summer warming
The climate's warming more rapidly in summer than previously thought. The warming in Alaska is mostly due to an increase of the snow-free season. This is going to profoundly influence anything that is limited to the snow season.
activity affected bound conditions ecological human requires snow
Any kind of ecological or human activity that requires snow or snow-free conditions are bound to be affected by that.
increasing issues knows trend
I think that (packed byline) is an increasing trend when you get real large-scale issues like this. No one person knows how to put it all together.
backed beginning worth
We're beginning to get backed into a corner. It's something worth trying.