Development of multiple taliks near settlements on Svalbard – a new source of drinking water for the High Arctic?

• Main Authors: Sinitsyn, Anatoly O., Bazin, Sara, Benestad, Rasmus, Etzelmüller, Bernd, Isaksen, Ketil, Kvitsand, Hanne, Lutz, Julia, Popp, Andrea L., Rubensdotter, Lena, Westermann, Sebastian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2023
• Subjects: talik; water security; groundwater; permafrost; Arctic; Svalbard; climate change; Ny-Ålesund; Longyearbyen; Talik; Pyramiden; Climate change; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98132/107432.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98132/107433.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2950; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98132/

This article presents a comprehensive documentation and analysis of long-term observations of year-round groundwater occurrences in rivers and various types of taliks under continuous permafrost conditions on Svalbard. Previously thought to be nonexistent, the existence of these taliks has been conf...