Serpentine (Floating) Ice Channels and their Interaction with Riverbed Permafrost in the Lena River Delta, Russia

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Juhls, Bennet, Antonova, Sofia, Angelopoulos, Michael, Bobrov, Nikita, Grigoriev, Mikhail, Langer, Moritz, Maksimov, Georgii, Miesner, Frederieke, Overduin, Pier Paul
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Snow River; Climate change; Ice; lena river; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.689941; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.689941/full

Arctic deltas and their river channels are characterized by three components of the cryosphere: snow, river ice, and permafrost, making them especially sensitive to ongoing climate change. Thinning river ice and rising river water temperatures may affect the thermal state of permafrost beneath the r...