Arctic Plants of Svalbard: What We Learn from the Green in the Treeless White World Lee Yoo Kyung
Prologue: Is the color of the Arctic white? (p. 1-2)The Arctic is not just white; it is multi-colored. (Fig. 1. The green Arctic)I. Arctic Tundra: Where There are No Trees (p. 3-12)Where and what is…
Specifikacia Arctic Plants of Svalbard: What We Learn from the Green in the Treeless White World Lee Yoo Kyung
Prologue: Is the color of the Arctic white? (p. 1-2)The Arctic is not just white; it is multi-colored. (Fig. 1. The green Arctic)I. Arctic Tundra: Where There are No Trees (p. 3-12)Where and what is the Arctic? Surprisingly, there is still no official definition of the Arctic. Arctic has been defined in terms of both geophysics and ecology. From the perspective of geophysics, the Arctic is northern area over the Arctic Circle, the baseline of the midnight. From an ecological point of view, the Arctic is northern area of the tree line where trees cannot grow, that is, tundra. Thus, the Arctic includes the tundra and the Arctic Ocean. (Fig. 2. Arctic Circle; Fig. 3. The northern limit of tree growth; Fig. 4. The Arctic; Fig. 5. Average annual temperature of the Earth; Fig. 6. Treeless tundra in Svalbard; Fig. 7.