Regional environmental changes in Siberia and their global consequences / Региональные экологические изменения в Сибири и их глобальные последствия

The vast region of Siberia is expected to experience potentially rapid land-cover changes, which are among the earliest indicators of the Earth’s response to climate warming. Moreover, climate change affects both the boreal ecosystems and socioeconomic infrastructure. Projections of the future climate for the end of the twenty- fi rst century indicate further temperature increases as well as increase in frequencies of various extreme events. Future trajectories of Siberian ecosystems will strongly depend upon a number of large-scale social and economic decisions. On the other hand, changes in Siberia are predicted to affect the climate and people on a global scale. The contributions in this volume demonstrate the utility of satellite data over Siberia for monitoring changes and trends over time, including the associations among vegetation productivity, surface temperature, biogeochemical and water cycles, and air pollution under changing climate conditions and their relation to human population dynamics. <...>