Multi-decadal degradation and persistence of permafrost in the Alaska Highway corridor, northwest Canada

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Megan James, Antoni G Lewkowicz, Sharon L Smith, Christina M Miceli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2013
• Subjects: permafrost thaw; climate warming; subarctic; permafrost geophysics; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; British Columbia; Canada; Yukon; permafrost; Subarctic; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045013; https://doaj.org/article/a7a469a914d14052a144314baab6fb90

Changes in permafrost distribution in the southern discontinuous zone were evaluated by repeating a 1964 survey through part of the Alaska Highway corridor (56° N–61° N) in northwest Canada. A total of 55 sites from the original survey in northern British Columbia and southern Yukon were located usi...