Pervasive alterations to snow-dominated ecosystem functions under climate change.

ABSTRACT: Climate change projections consistently demonstrate that warming temperatures and dwindling seasonal snowpack will elicit cascading effects on ecosystem function and water resource availability. Despite this consensus, little is known about potential changes in the variability of ecohydrological conditions, which is also required to inform climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Considering potential changes in ecohydrological variability is critical to evaluating the emergence of trends, assessing the likelihood of extreme events such as floods and droughts, and identifying when tipping points may be reached that fundamentally alter ecohydrological function. Using a single-model Large Ensemble with sophisticated terrestrial ecosystem representation, we characterize projected

SUBMITTER: Wieder WR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9335325 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature