New insights into coastal erosion rates along the Yukon coast, Canada

• Main Authors: Konopczak, Anna M., Lantuit, Hugues, Manson, Gavin K., Couture, Nicole J.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; wedge*; Yukon
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/39293/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/39293/2/Konopczak_et_al_2015_ASSW_Poster.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48400; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48400.d002

Approximately twice as much carbon is stored in permafrost (perennially frozen ground) as is in the Earth’s atmosphere. Globally, nearly one third of all coasts are affected by permafrost processes. Erosion of these coasts causes re-mobilization of the stored carbon which then becomes available for...