Christopher D Stringer, Jonathan L Carrivick, Duncan J Quincey, Daniel Nývlt, Alexis Comber
{"title":"Land cover change across the major proglacial regions of the sub-Antarctic islands, Antarctic Peninsula, and McMurdo Dry Valleys, during the 21<sup>st</sup> century.","authors":"Christopher D Stringer, Jonathan L Carrivick, Duncan J Quincey, Daniel Nývlt, Alexis Comber","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2025.2483474","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15230430.2025.2483474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Land cover information is essential for understanding Earth surface processes and ecosystems. Here, we use <i>K</i>-means clustering to classify Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) images covering six proglacial sites of sub-Antarctic islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, and the McMurdo Dry Valleys at 30-m resolution. We quantify spatial patterns of water, bedrock, vegetation, and sediments to an accuracy of 77 percent. Vegetation is most abundant on South Georgia (7 percent of the proglacial area) and the South Shetland Islands (1 to 2 percent). Furthermore, we use change vector analysis (CVA) to discriminate landcover change in the twenty-first century. A latitudinal pattern is evident in ice loss and proglacial landscape change; for example, loss of ice on South Georgia and proglacial landcover change is two orders of magnitude greater than in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Four of the studied sites had similar landscape stability (64 to 68 percent unchanged), with Alexander Island an exception (50 percent change) due to recent enhanced glacier melt. Overall, we show how landcover of proglacial regions of the climaticallysensitive sub-Antarctic and Antarctica has changed since 2000, with a CVA accuracy of 80 percent. These findings inform understanding of geomorphological activity and sediment and nutrient fluxes and hence terrestrial and marine ecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"57 1","pages":"2483474"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12311964/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144759019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vicente Marcano, Rafael Navarro-González, Christopher P. McKay
{"title":"Temperatures and treeline elevation in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida of the Venezuelan Andes","authors":"Vicente Marcano, Rafael Navarro-González, Christopher P. McKay","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2024.2390771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2390771","url":null,"abstract":"We report here on two extensive data sets across the tree line in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida in the Venezuelan Andes. First, we describe the tree distribution with elevation at this site. Second, ...","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can animal grazing help to reduce permafrost thaw?","authors":"Torben Windirsch, Bruce C. Forbes, Jens Strauss","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2024.2379717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2379717","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Vol. 56, No. 1, 2024)","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madeline E. Patenall, Natasha M. Hannan, Vivian Gao, Homa Kheyrollah Pour, Derek K. Gray
{"title":"Do gravel highways affect water quality and invertebrate communities in Arctic lakes?","authors":"Madeline E. Patenall, Natasha M. Hannan, Vivian Gao, Homa Kheyrollah Pour, Derek K. Gray","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2024.2376992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2376992","url":null,"abstract":"Gravel roads are a common feature in developed areas of Canada’s Arctic. These roads can be a source of calcareous dust that drifts to roadside lakes, causing significant changes in conductivity, c...","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial clustering of seasonal sea ice of Hudson Bay, Canada, 1971–2018","authors":"Slawomir Kowal, William A. Gough, Kenneth Butler","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2024.2380375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2380375","url":null,"abstract":"The spatial variation in seasonal sea ice in Hudson Bay is examined using spatial clustering analyses. For the period 1971 to 2018, a time series of sea-ice breakup and freeze-up dates and ice-free...","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Merle Apassingok, Marika M. Holland, Brendan P. Kelly, Chelsea W. Koch, Vera Metcalf, Bryan Rookok Jr., John Walsh
{"title":"How does the changing marine environment affect hunters’ access to Pacific walruses?","authors":"Merle Apassingok, Marika M. Holland, Brendan P. Kelly, Chelsea W. Koch, Vera Metcalf, Bryan Rookok Jr., John Walsh","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2024.2367632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2367632","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Vol. 56, No. 1, 2024)","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Wright, Cassandra Brooks, Michael Gooseff, Adrian Howkins, Stephen Chignell
{"title":"An analysis of McMurdo Dry Valleys’ lotic habitats within Antarctica’s protected area network and addressing gaps in biodiversity protection","authors":"Anna Wright, Cassandra Brooks, Michael Gooseff, Adrian Howkins, Stephen Chignell","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2024.2375176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2375176","url":null,"abstract":"The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV), Antarctica’s largest ice-free region, hosts unique terrestrial ecosystems, with biodiversity concentrated in the aquatic environments and surrounding soils. Despite b...","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"2010 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Felix Bernsteiner, Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Jakob Abermann, Bernhard Hynek
{"title":"Tracking ablation and movement of icebergs with time-lapse photography at an alpine proglacial lake in Austria","authors":"Felix Bernsteiner, Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Jakob Abermann, Bernhard Hynek","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2024.2367778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2367778","url":null,"abstract":"Little is known about the evolution and dynamics of icebergs in alpine lakes. We analyzed the movement and ablation patterns of icebergs at an ice-contact lake at Pasterze Glacier, Austria, using t...","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ice cover loss and debris cover evolution in the Afghanistan Hindu Kush Himalaya between 2000 and 2020","authors":"Jamal A. N. Shokory, Stuart N. Lane","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2024.2373858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2373858","url":null,"abstract":"Glaciers in Afghanistan are crucial elements for water resource and summer river flows. They are also threatened by rapid climate warming. This study presents an up-to-date assessment of ice cover ...","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141783378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danhui Xin, Jeffrey M. Hudson, Anthony Sigman-Lowery, Yu-Ping Chin
{"title":"Distribution and composition of redox-active species and dissolved organic carbon in Arctic lacustrine porewaters","authors":"Danhui Xin, Jeffrey M. Hudson, Anthony Sigman-Lowery, Yu-Ping Chin","doi":"10.1080/15230430.2024.2371534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2371534","url":null,"abstract":"The interaction between redox-active species and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is crucial in driving lacustrine benthic microbial processes. In lacustrine porewaters, many redox-active species exi...","PeriodicalId":8391,"journal":{"name":"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141783377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}