The Vulnerability and Environmental Resilience of Ecosystems in Yamal, Russian Arctic

• Main Author: Lemenkova, Polina
• Other Authors: Ocean University of China (OUC), Tyumen State Oil and Gas University (TuymGNGU), L. N. Rudneva
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: Yamal; Tundra soils; Ecological; Land cover change; Land cover and land-use change; Environmental assessment; Arctic Climate; Resilience Evaluation; Sustainability Assessment; Vulnerability Analysis; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society; [SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering; [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment; [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Ecosystems; [SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies; [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; Arctic; Yamal Peninsula; Climate change; nenets; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01986797; https://hal.science/hal-01986797/document; https://hal.science/hal-01986797/file/Lemenkova_elibrary_Tyumen2015.pdf; https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7211645

Industrial University of Tyumen Press International audience The research paper focuses on the environmental problem of Yamal region, geographically located in the Russian Yamal-Nenets autonomous region, northern-central Russia. This region is characterized by the unique nature and environmental conditions, combining two physical-geographical regions: sub- Arctic and Arctic moss-lichen tundra and permafrost conditions. The recent changes in global climate and overall warming highly contribute to the degradation of the tundra environment and increases cryogenic slope processes. This paper focuses on the investigation of the ecological aspects of the global climate change in Yamal peninsula, and analysis the development of slope processes on the local tundra environment.