Ice wedge degradation and CO2 and CH4 emissions in the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, Northwest Territories
Increases in ground temperature make soil organic carbon in permafrost environments highly vulnerable to release to the atmosphere. High-centred polygonal terrain is a form of patterned ground that may act as a large source of carbon to the atmosphere because thawing ice wedges can result in increas...
Published in: | Arctic Science |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English French |
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Canadian Science Publishing
2018
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0011 https://doaj.org/article/0fd938f888aa4be8976d7be933a49ec8 |