Metagenome-assembled genomes from active layer in Ny Ålesund, Svalbard (79°N) show population dynamics related to seasonal thawing and soil depth

• Main Authors: Sipes, Katie, Tomaino, Michael, Paul, Raegan, Liang, Renxing, Garcia, Sarahi, Onstott, Tullis C., Boike, Julia, Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana A., Lloyd, Karen G.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Bayelva; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; glacier; Ny Ålesund; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/55410/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.6fd3f75a-f873-4460-a410-584b93a25f14

The active layer of permafrost in Ny Ålesund, Svalbard (79°N), is increasing in thickness at a rate of ~one vertical centimeter per year in most locations around the Bayelva River in the Leirhaugen glacier moraine. Microbes in the active layers may drive organic carbon degradation and greenhouse gas...