Better understanding of permafrost in Lena and Yenisei river basins

• Main Author: Liu, Mo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Stuttgart 2020
• Subjects: 620; Arctic; Talik; Yenisei River; International Permafrost Association; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-11166; http://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/11183

Permafrost covers over 60% of the territory in the central Siberia region. In recent years, there has been growing evidence to suggest that the runoff in central Siberia has shown an increase. This is suspected to be associated with the permafrost thawing in central Siberia. In the Arctic, terrestri...