Permafrost degradation and methane release in the central Laptev Sea

• Main Authors: Overduin, Paul, Grigoriev, Mikhail N., Schirrmeister, Lutz, Wetterich, Sebastian, Nätscher, Valentin, Günther, Frank, Liebner, Susanne, Knoblauch, Christian, Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Lisbon and the University of Évora 2014
• Subjects: Buor-Khaya; Khaya; Laptev Sea; Ice; laptev; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35772/; http://www.eucop4.org/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43697

The transition from onshore to offshore permafrost during periods of low relative sea level rise is often the result of coastal retreat. Along the Laptev Sea coastline, ice-rich syngenetic permafrost is particularly susceptible to erosion due to changing climate, and coastal retreat floods about 10...