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Rising temperatures have brought a longer growing season in the high latitudes. Once-treeless tundra ecosystems have greened the most, while boreal forests had a more mixed response.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, using MODIS and AVHRR data from the Boston University’s Climate and Vegetation Research Group. Caption by Adam Voiland with information from Kathryn Hansen.
Published March 14, 2013 Data acquired July 1, 1982 - December 1, 2011