Past Lakes and Future Climate – Sediment Cores reveal Permafrost Dynamics in Beringia

• Main Authors: Lenz, Josefine, Wetterich, Sebastian, Jones, Benjamin M., Grosse, Guido
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: permafrost; Seward Peninsula; Alaska; Beringia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/39343/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46539

Permafrost landscapes are highly dynamic. Effects of thawing and freezing processes are not only directly observed in inhabited Arctic regions by destructed building and infrastructure but also play a key role in the global climate system. For example, carbon stored in frozen deposits becomes by tha...