New research, January 5, 2016

Some new papers from last few days:

CARBON CYCLE

Climate-sensitive northern lakes and ponds are critical components of methane release
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2578.html

Biased sampling of methane release from northern lakes: A problem for extrapolation
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066501/abstract

Increased wintertime CO2 loss as a result of sustained tundra warming
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JG002795/abstract

Vascular plants promote ancient peatland carbon loss with climate warming
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13213/abstract

Carbon fluxes acclimate more strongly to elevated growth temperatures than to elevated CO2 concentrations in a northern conifer
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13215/abstract

Gradual and sustained carbon dioxide release during Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2627.html

PHENOLOGY

Quantification of warming climate-induced changes in terrestrial Arctic river ice thickness and phenology
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0569.1

Lake ice phenology from AVHRR data for European lakes: An automated two-step extraction method
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425715302352

Reconciling the discrepancy in ground- and satellite-observed trends in the spring phenology of winter wheat in China from 1993 to 2008
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD023969/abstract

Matching the phenology of Net Ecosystem Exchange and vegetation indices estimated with MODIS and FLUXNET in-situ observations
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425715302388

OTHER PAPERS

Shrub-line but not treeline advance matches climate velocity in montane ecosystems of south-central Alaska
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13207/abstract

Life-stage, not climate change, explains observed tree range shifts
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13210/abstract

Population variability complicates the accurate detection of climate change responses
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13211/abstract

Predicting tree biomass growth in the temperate-boreal ecotone: is tree size, age, competition or climate response most important?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13208/abstract

Amplification of El Niño by cloud longwave coupling to atmospheric circulation
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2630.html

Climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa: from physical changes to their social repercussions
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10113-015-0910-2

Statistical corruption in Beijing’s air quality data has likely ended in 2012
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231015306336