The Bayelva high Arctic permafrost long-term observation site: an opportunity for joint international research on permafrost, atmosphere, ecology and snow

• Main Authors: Boike, Julia, Chadburn, Sarah, Cannone, Nicoletta, Schulz, Alexander, Biskaborn, Boris K., Maturilli, Marion, Uchida, Masaki, Westermann, Sebastian
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Change 2017 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Bayelva; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; Global warming; Ny Ålesund; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48087/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48087/1/Boike14December2017.pdf; http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2017/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.3d774969-90d1-4d1c-84e1-ef470cd13922; https://hdl.handle.net/

Most permafrost is located in the Arctic, and in total it contains around 600Gt of frozen organic carbon. This represents several times the remaining budget for anthropogenic emissions if we are to limit global warming below 2ºC, and this carbon could have a significant impact on global climate if i...