Thaw depth at Toolik Field Station, Alaska, 2017-2018

• Main Authors: Claudia Czimczik, Shawn Pedron, Eric Klein, Jeffrey Welker
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2018
• Subjects: THAW DEPTH; PERMAFROST; ACTIVE LAYER; Arctic; Climate change; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:046fb9d1-7d9e-4541-85a9-43ec6d625c52

Arctic soils contain very large amounts of organic carbon most of which is frozen in permafrost and has not participated in the global carbon cycle for thousands of years. Perturbations to carbon storage in permafrost soils have the potential to significantly increase the amount of carbon in the atm...