Thursday, 11 April 2013

New Models Predict Dramatically Greener Arctic in the Coming Decades

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2013



Rising temperatures will lead to a massive "greening" of the Arctic by mid-century, as a result of marked increases in plant cover, according to research supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of its International Polar Year (IPY) portfolio.

The greening not only will have effects on plant life, the researchers noted, but also on the wildlife that depends on vegetation