Terrain influence on soil organic carbon and total nitrogen sorage in soils of Herschel Island

• Main Authors: Obu, Jaroslav, Lantuit, Hugues, Fritz, Michael, Myers-Smith, Isla, Heim, Birgit, Wolter, Juliane
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Herschel Island; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/39289/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/39289/1/Obu_ArcticNet_2015.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47328; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47328.d001

The Arctic-wide increase of permafrost temperatures and subsequent thaw is mobilising large amounts of organic matter that is stored in permafrost environments. Organic matter decomposition results in the release of carbon dioxide and methane, which will amplify the warming and will cause so called...