Multi-decadal degradation and fragmentation of palsas and peat plateaus in coastal Labrador, northeastern Canada

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Wang, Yifeng, Way, Robert G, Beer, Jordan
• Other Authors: Weston Family Foundation, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, School of Graduate Studies, Queen’s University, Polar Knowledge Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2023
• Subjects: Canada; Red Bay; Hopedale; Labrador Sea; palsa; palsas; Peat; Peat plateau; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0138; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0138; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0138/pdf

Abstract Peatland permafrost landforms, such as palsas and peat plateaus, often represent the most southern lowland permafrost occurrences in the Northern Hemisphere. While peatland permafrost is often found in continental conditions, over a thousand permafrost peatlands were recently identified alo...