Rapid warming and degradation of mountain permafrost in Norway and Iceland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Etzelmüller, Bernd, Isaksen, Ketil, Czekirda, Justyna, Westermann, Sebastian, Hilbich, Christin, Hauck, Christian
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Norway; Svalbard; Talik; Iceland; International Polar Year; IPY; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5477-2023; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/5477/2023/

With the EU-funded PACE (Permafrost and Climate in Europe) project at the turn of this century, several deep boreholes (100 m + ) were drilled in European mountain sites, including in mainland Norway, Svalbard and Sweden. During other projects from 2004 and the International Polar Year (IPY) period...