Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta 2015 fire burn depth measurements and unburned soil and vegetation organic matter and carbon content collected in 2019.

• Main Authors: Michael Moubarak, Seeta Sistla, Susan M. Natali
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2020
• Subjects: tundra; fire ecology; carbon; fuscum; Arctic; Yukon; Climate change; Eriophorum; Kuskokwim; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2PR7MV5P

Tundra environments in Alaska are experiencing elevated levels of wildfire, and the frequency is expected to keep increasing due to rapid warming of the Arctic. Because of large amounts of carbon stored in permafrost soils, tundra wildfires may release significant amounts of carbon to the atmosphere...