A growing anthropogenic impact on the Arctic environment affects the ecology of polar vegetation
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F25%3A43928204" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/25:43928204 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/25:00143505
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.5817/CPR2025-S-6" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.5817/CPR2025-S-6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CPR2025-S-6" target="_blank" >10.5817/CPR2025-S-6</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A growing anthropogenic impact on the Arctic environment affects the ecology of polar vegetation
Original language description
Recent climatic changes, anthropogenic impacts and new infrastructure development across the Arctic may increase risks for terrestrial ecosystems. A wide range of anthropogenic impact factors are reported for the Arctic, such as air and marine pollution including plastic, black carbon deposition on snow, remnants from oil, gas, and mining operations, increased land use due to expanding industrial activities leading to habitat loss, and, last but not least, waste and pollution from tourism. Recently, satellite data has revealed the expansion of infrastructure and growing anthropogenic impacts throughout the Arctic. Regarding the effect of warming on plant biodiversity, both responses are reported, i.e. decreases and increases in the number of plant species forming communities. Air pollution may affect tundra environments and its vegetation in different ways. Black carbon from diesel engines, fires, and other combustion processes can settle on snow, decreasing its ability to reflect sunlight which causes faster melting and changes in water availability for plants. In areas close to settlements, the direct effects of anthropogenic pollutants on vegetation may play a role. In Svalbard, local anthropogenic sources of emission, such as burning fossil fuels in local coal power plants, vehicle exhaust and mining activities contribute to the pollution of the environment and interact with plants. Moreover, wastewater discharged by Longyearbyen into the fjords delivers heavy metals and other pollutants that represent a potential risk to marine algae.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Czech Polar Reports
ISSN
1805-0689
e-ISSN
1805-0697
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
S
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
110-120
UT code for WoS article
001656303100006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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