Isotopic evidence of increasing water abundance and lake hydrological change in Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: MacDonald, Lauren A, Turner, Kevin W, McDonald, Ian, Kay, Mitchell L, Hall, Roland I, Wolfe, Brent B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2022
• Subjects: water isotopes; hydrology; thermokarst lakes; climate change; monitoring; Vuntut National Park; Old Crow Flats Special Management Area; Yukon; Canada; Old Crow Flats; International Polar Year; Old Crow; permafrost; Thermokarst; Vuntut national park
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/15635; https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3533

Lake-rich northern permafrost landscapes are sensitive to changing climate conditions, but ability to track real-time and potentially multiple hydrological responses (e.g. lake expansion, drawdown, drainage) is challenging due to absence of long-term, sustainable monitoring programs in these remote...