Understanding Methane and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Climate-Sensitive Northern Lakes

• Main Author: Elder, Clayton
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2017
• Subjects: Biogeochemistry; Limnology; Climate change; Arctic lakes; emissions; greenhouse gases; permafrost; radiocarbon; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Winter Lake; Global warming; Ice; north slope; Thermokarst; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7hz363ps

Lakes are widespread in permafrost regions. Across these landscapes, lakes have the unique ability to thaw permafrost, and large quantities of ancient organic matter contained within it, tens-to-hundreds of meters below the surface. Once thawed, the organic material is vulnerable to decomposition by...