Marziliano, Stone, & Webb’s #newarticle shows how understanding the representativeness of snow depth measurements as variability increases from the accumulation to melt periods can improve snow supply estimates for springtime runoff: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2495518

#newarticle Hersberger et al.’s paleoecological study of the Pindos Mountains, northern Greece, reports that transhumant pastoralism might have been practiced since at least the Late Bronze Age, possibly the Neolithic, much earlier than previously thought: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2545038

J. Mizel’s #newarticle studying shrub tundra passerines assesses that the density of shrub-adapted passerines in above-treeline regions of Alaska responds positively to alder and upright willow shrub cover but weakly to birch shrub cover: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2546175

#newarticle Yoshikawa et al. monitored permafrost borehole temperatures in the high arid Andes & found that the type of snow ablation varies with elevation and affects the thermal properties of the permafrost: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2532202

Brown & Wagner’s #newarticle introduces MDV ClimEx, an open-source web app for exploring 30+ years of climate data from Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. This tool helps visualize long-term trends, detect anomalies & support research on climate impacts in MDV: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2529043

In a #newarticle, Uccello et al. demonstrate that decades of small mammal herbivore exclusion drive plant community nutrient changes in a Northern Alaskan tundra. This work also shows the importance of including bryophytes in Arctic nutrient research: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2532885

#newarticle by Marshall et al. investigates a unique pairing of Holocene lake sediment & soil records from central Alaska, highlighting the importance of sediment burial efficiency on carbon accumulation in high-latitude lakes: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2523083 @leahpmarshall.bsky.social

In Magnusson et al's #newarticle, virgin land near a Norwegian melting glacier was rapidly colonized by soil-living Nematoda & larvae of Chironomidae midges & other Diptera. They show how these groups contribute significantly to establish an ecosystem: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2518768

In March 1912, Captain Robert Scott & his remaining men perished in a blizzard on the Ross Ice Shelf on their return journey from the South Pole. In a #newarticle, M. Zinkova explores the weather conditions that made this unusual Final Blizzard possible: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2522490

DeMaster et al’s new "Arctic Answers" examines record low salmon runs in the Yukon River Basin due to climate change, commercial fishing & bycatch. They discuss actions & management approaches to combat this crisis for the Alaska Native subsistence community: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2510793

Kuzmina’s #newarticle for our special collection on Beringian Environments presents a thorough study of the fossil insect fauna of Beringia, contributing to our knowledge of the unique Pleistocene steppe-tundra biota of both Western and Eastern Beringia: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2494353

Microplastics (MPs) studies in Antarctica are scarce, especially in top predators like marine mammals. Santillán et al.’s #newarticle fills this gap by evaluating the occurrence of MPs in Antarctic seals and penguins in Admiralty Bay, King George Island: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2507463

@morganwindle.bsky.social et al.’s #newarticle documents modern reindeer herders' riding traditions in Mongolia to link reindeer skeletal changes to riding, broadening our capacity to trace the deeper history of reindeer domestication in Northeast Asia: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2493391

Tuomaala et al.’s #newarticle on soil profiles collected from subarctic Greenland shows two landscape regime shifts: organic soils were recently established on mineral soil & Sphagnum moss is overtaking tundra communities: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2484867

An anomalous warm weather event in the Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valleys in March 2022 caused unseasonal melt within Taylor Valley. Snyder et al.’s #newarticle explores the effect of this event on soil biota communities most sensitive to freeze-thaw stress: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2485283

#newarticle by Stringer et al. offers a new data set of land cover of major deglaciated sites in West Antarctica, highlighting a spatial pattern where northern sites have more vegetation & active sediments and have changed more rapidly: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2483474

#newarticle by Swanger et al. investigates the origin & structure of a buried dead ice mass in Taylor Valley. Taylor Glacier retreated from its marine isotope stage 5e (~125 ka) max. to its present level or lower by ~62 ka but possibly as early as ~81 to 94 ka: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2478696

#newarticle by Terekhov et al. examines 4 ice caps of the remote Bennett Island using archived in situ data & calculation of the recent geodetic mass balance. It shows that the mass loss of the island’s glaciation sped up significantly since the 2000s: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2483781

Simultaneous heatwaves occurred in March 2022 in both Antarctic & Arctic regions. In a #newarticle, Bernard & Friedt investigate the impact of this extreme weather event from the perspective of a North-facing polar glacier in Norway’s Brøgger peninsula: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2479899

Charles et al.’s #newarticle studies how plant-soil relationships change with glacier retreat and finds that after 140 years of glacier retreat, soil pH becomes very acidic & plant competition leads to a shift from herbaceous communities to coniferous forest: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2483455

#newarticle by Rue & McKnight leverages established & contemporary techniques for characterizing dissolved organic matter (DOM) to provide new knowledge into the diversity & structure of DOM under contrasting biogeochemical conditions in an Antarctic lake: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2478678

🚨 New ocean sediment drilling report INSTAAR Fellow ANNE JENNINGS co-led IODP #Exp400, which collected cores off the NW Greenland glaciated margin in 2023... incl one 978m (3209ft) long! The team's (ongoing) work spans a lot of ice sheet & ocean history publications.iodp.org/proceedings/...

#newarticle by Kytöviita & Francini shows that plasticity of root fungal symbiosis contributes to the grazing tolerance in the grass Avenella flexuosa. Urea deposition is more important than defoliation in triggering grazing responses in mycorrhizal symbiosis: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2475570

#newarticle by Stewart & Aastrup finds that seismic operations in East Greenland left imprints on local vegetation that could still be seen 34 years later & total recovery of the damaged vegetation will most likely not happen within a foreseeable time scale: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2465204

#callforpapers We are less than 1 week away from the submission deadline for our special collection “Arctic and Alpine Social-Ecological Systems: Sustainability & Resilience!” Find more info & read the other articles in the issue here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/uaa...

The 2024 Editors’ Choice Award winner is Melissa Ward Jones et al.'s International Permafrost Assn. article! The study is currently one of our most read articles & is a significant contribution to our special issue on sustainability & resilience. Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/uaa...

The cover image for our 2025 issue is Dr. Alia Khan’s photo of the Dudh Koshi river basin w/ Cho Oyu mountain at the top of the watershed, taken during a field campaign for the Contributions of Snow and Ice melt in High Asia (CHARIS) project. Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2467587

Ullah et al’s #newarticle is a 3-year survey of the diversity & distribution of plant communities in the district of South Waziristan. It marks the first documentation of the area & offers fundamental data for future studies concerning botanical resources: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2458736

#newarticle by Ono & Takeuchi reveals snow algae and microinvertebrates in the snowpack in northern Japan migrate diurnally within the snowpack to remain under the best conditions for their growth, thriving in the Microbial Active Snow Surface (MASS) layer: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2460253

Leland et al.’s #newarticle uses wood anatomical records to investigate an extreme cold event in 1959 in northwestern Canada & contributes to our understanding of the capacity of these records to capture historical climate extremes @wpunj_edu @TreeRingLab doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2445945

#newarticle by Lisi et al. characterizes the diet composition of tundra voles in northern Alaska, finding that they feed primarily on rhizomatous sedges but shift consumption seasonally from rhizomes in early summer to tillers and buds in late summer: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2444044

#newarticle by Nagaike & Iijima studies the effects of bark stripping by sika deer on the survival of subalpine conifers in a Betula forest in Japan & concludes possible upward range shifts of the tree species can be inhibited by bark-stripping herbivores: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2447631

Oldfather et al.’s #newarticle in our Sustainability & Resilience special collection synthesizes research on climate change impacts & responses in US Rocky Mountain high-elevation ecosystems to support future climate adaptation in resource management: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2450089

#newarticle by Zhang et al. reports the thermal regime dynamics of 12 northern Fennoscandian lakes from a continuous 3-year field study, increasing our understanding of thermal processes in small & shallow Arctic lakes: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2433829

#newarticle Van Wychen et al characterize a glacier surge in the Canadian Arctic using high spatiotemporal resolution satellite products & historical remote sensing data to present a multidecadal record of flow velocities, strain rates & elevation changes: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2441541

#newarticle by J. Crompton employs automated mineralogy to probe tens of thousands of grains from glacier flour and the rock from which it was sourced in the St. Elias Mountains, Can, to understand the controls on the mineralogy of glacial flour: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2438462

#newarticle by Kolodziejczyk et al. explores existing Polish polar stations to show how simulations of space analog missions in polar regions may help humans to develop ecological & sustainable life support systems in their daily life: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2439123

#newarticle by Raynolds et al. on ancient vegetation recently exposed by retreating ice on Baffin Island finds it is similar to modern vegetation nearby. Recolonization depends on substrate and requires hundreds to thousands of years @instaar.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2442776

In a #newarticle, Marjetič et al. use terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to procure 3D models of an artificial climbing wall to help ice climbers in charting diverse routes prior to ascent & to deepen our understanding of TLS application in demanding icy terrain: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2437186

📢New publication in @aaarjournal.bsky.social: The thermal structure of small and shallow Arctic Fennoscandian lakes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... The lake measurement campaign was funded by #ArcticAvenue @bolincentre.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social 🧪

#newarticle by Power & Zhang establishes that arctic climates will respond to ice sheet reduction differently depending on CO2 level. This is via albedo feedbacks, both sea ice and vegetation, which may both promote or offset warming in different locations: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2433860

#callforpapers It’s the new year & the start of a new issue! AAAR seeks to publish interdisciplinary research into cold region environments. Find more info on the journal & how to submit on our website: www.tandfonline.com/journals/uaa...

In Cocker et al’s #newarticle, preserved remains from Yukon Territory show that voles & lemmings likely reoccupied the middens of arctic ground squirrels. Present day behaviors suggest they were important prey & scavenging sources during the Pleistocene: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2428070

#Newarticle Hickman et al.’s long-term study finds that alpine summit vegetation responds multi-directionally to different, co-occurring drivers, with outcomes contingent on life history characteristics: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2429864

#newarticle & the first in our special collection on Beringian Environments! Carter et al.’s study revisits a fossiliferous site on the Niguanak River in northern Alaska to provide more paleodata for Pliocene paleoclimate data-model comparison: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2407714

It's been an exciting and hectic year in science discovery and innovation. In today's episode, we share the highlights of a conversation with three experts about the science highlights from the year. Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Mut28J

Each AAAR issue features a cover image that is significant to the contents in that issue. This year has @DuaneFroese’s photo of the Old Crow River within the Vuntut Gwitchin Traditional Territory. Read more on the photo & why it’s the 2024 cover here: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2308444

In our current issue, Hågvar, Valle & Gobbi review the role of #arthropods in conquering virgin ground & creating early ecosystems. Their article provides updated research & advice for further studies on melting glaciers & animal succession. Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2335687

Monday 4-5PM at #AGU24 booth #328: Meet with editors Anne Jennings & Diane McKnight of INSTAAR's peer-reviewed, open-access journal Arctic, Antarctic, & Alpine Research (AAAR)

If you’re going to the #AGU24 meeting next week, stop by Booth #328 to meet with our journal editors and our press (Taylor & Francis) staff! Info below: