Warm conditions in the Arctic Ocean have been linked to cold mid-latitude winters. Observations and simulations suggest that warm Arctic anomalies lead to a dip in CO2 uptake capacity in North American ecosystems and to low crop productivity.
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Bastos, A. Warmer Arctic weakens vegetation. Nature Geosci 10, 543–544 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2989
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