The Cold Region Critical Zone in Transition: Responses to Climate Warming and Land Use Change

Posted: 3 Nov 2021

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Kunfu Pi

University of Waterloo

Magdalena Bieroza

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Anatoli Brouchkov

Moscow State University

Weitao Chen

China University of Geosciences (CUG)

Louis J.P. Dufour

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Konstantin B. Gongalsky

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

Anke M. Herrmann

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Eveline J. Krab

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Catherine Landesman

University of Nantes

Anniet M. Laverman

Université de Rennes 1

Natalia Mazei

Moscow State University

Yuri A. Mazei

Moscow State University - Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology

Mats G. Öquist

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Matthias Peichl

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Sergey Pozdniakov

Moscow State University

Fereidoun Rezanezhad

University of Waterloo

Céline Roose-Amsaleg

Université de Rennes 1

Anastasia Shatilovich

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

Andong Shi

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Christina M. Smeaton

Memorial University of Newfoundland (MNU)

Lei Tong

University of Waterloo

Andrey N. Tsyganov

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Moscow State University

Philippe Van Cappellen

University of Waterloo

Date Written: October 2021

Abstract

Global climate warming disproportionately affects high-latitude and mountainous terrestrial ecosystems. Warming is accompanied by permafrost thaw, shorter winters, earlier snowmelt, more intense soil freeze-thaw cycles, drier summers, and longer fire seasons. These environmental changes in turn impact surface water and groundwater flow regimes, water quality, greenhouse gas emissions, soil stability, vegetation cover, and soil (micro)biological communities. Warming also facilitates agricultural expansion, urban growth, and natural resource development, adding growing anthropogenic pressures to cold regions’ landscapes, soil health, and biodiversity. Further advances in the predictive understanding of how cold regions’ critical zone processes, functions, and ecosystem services will continue to respond to climate warming and land use changes require multiscale monitoring technologies coupled with integrated observational and modeling tools. We highlight some of the major challenges, knowledge gaps, and opportunities in cold region critical zone research, with an emphasis on subsurface processes and responses in both natural and agricultural ecosystems.

Suggested Citation

Pi, Kunfu and Bieroza, Magdalena and Brouchkov, Anatoli and Chen, Weitao and Dufour, Louis J.P. and Gongalsky, Konstantin B. and Herrmann, Anke M. and Krab, Eveline J. and Landesman, Catherine and Laverman, Anniet M. and Mazei, Natalia and Mazei, Yuri A. and Öquist, Mats G. and Peichl, Matthias and Pozdniakov, Sergey and Rezanezhad, Fereidoun and Roose-Amsaleg, Céline and Shatilovich, Anastasia and Shi, Andong and Smeaton, Christina M. and Tong, Lei and Tsyganov, Andrey N. and Van Cappellen, Philippe, The Cold Region Critical Zone in Transition: Responses to Climate Warming and Land Use Change (October 2021). Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 46, pp. 111-134, 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3953093 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-012220-125703

Kunfu Pi (Contact Author)

University of Waterloo ( email )

Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada

Magdalena Bieroza

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ( email )

S-901 83 Umea
Sweden

Anatoli Brouchkov

Moscow State University ( email )

GSP-2, Leninskie Gory
Moscow, 119992
Russia

Weitao Chen

China University of Geosciences (CUG) ( email )

Wuhan, China
Wuhan, Hubei 430074
China

Louis J.P. Dufour

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ( email )

S-901 83 Umea
Sweden

Konstantin B. Gongalsky

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) ( email )

Leninsky Ave, 14
Moscow, 119991
Russia

Anke M. Herrmann

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ( email )

S-901 83 Umea
Sweden

Eveline J. Krab

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ( email )

S-901 83 Umea
Sweden

Catherine Landesman

University of Nantes ( email )

1, quai de Tourville BP
Nantes Cedex 1
Nantes, 44313
France

Anniet M. Laverman

Université de Rennes 1 ( email )

11 Rue Jean Macé
Rennes, Rennes 35708
France

Natalia Mazei

Moscow State University ( email )

GSP-2, Leninskie Gory
Moscow, 119992
Russia

Yuri A. Mazei

Moscow State University - Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology ( email )

GSP-2, Leninskie Gory
Moscow, 119992
Russia

Mats G. Öquist

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ( email )

S-901 83 Umea
Sweden

Matthias Peichl

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ( email )

S-901 83 Umea
Sweden

Sergey Pozdniakov

Moscow State University ( email )

GSP-2, Leninskie Gory
Moscow, 119992
Russia

Fereidoun Rezanezhad

University of Waterloo ( email )

Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada

Céline Roose-Amsaleg

Université de Rennes 1 ( email )

11 Rue Jean Macé
Rennes, Rennes 35708
France

Anastasia Shatilovich

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) ( email )

Leninsky Ave, 14
Moscow, 119991
Russia

Andong Shi

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ( email )

S-901 83 Umea
Sweden

Christina M. Smeaton

Memorial University of Newfoundland (MNU) ( email )

Faculty of Education
St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X5 A1C 5V3
Canada

Lei Tong

University of Waterloo ( email )

Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada

Andrey N. Tsyganov

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) ( email )

Leninsky Ave, 14
Moscow, 119991
Russia

Moscow State University

GSP-2, Leninskie Gory
Moscow, 119992
Russia

Philippe Van Cappellen

University of Waterloo ( email )

Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada

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