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Nature 441, 146-147 (11 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441146a; Published online 10 May 2006
Arctic ecology: On thin ice
Quirin Schiermeier1
- Quirin Schiermeier is Nature's German correspondent.
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Abstract
The Arctic is the bellwether of climate change, which shows up there first and fastest. Quirin Schiermeier visits ecologists struggling to keep up.
On a splendid, freezing spring morning in Sweden's far north, global warming seems far away. The pristine landscape around the Abisko Scientific Research Station, 200 kilometres inside the Arctic Circle, is glistening white.
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