Changing permafrost in a warming world and feedbacks to the Earth system
The permafrost component of the cryosphere is changing dramatically, but the permafrost region is not well monitored and the consequences of change are not well understood. Changing permafrost interacts with ecosystems and climate on various spatial and temporal scales. The feedbacks resulting from...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b4eac1168ac848518e6c502eee503849 2023-09-05T13:22:24+02:00 Changing permafrost in a warming world and feedbacks to the Earth system Guido Grosse Scott Goetz A Dave McGuire Vladimir E Romanovsky Edward A G Schuur 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/040201 https://doaj.org/article/b4eac1168ac848518e6c502eee503849 EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/040201 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/040201 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/b4eac1168ac848518e6c502eee503849 Environmental Research Letters, Vol 11, Iss 4, p 040201 (2016) Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/040201 2023-08-13T00:37:50Z The permafrost component of the cryosphere is changing dramatically, but the permafrost region is not well monitored and the consequences of change are not well understood. Changing permafrost interacts with ecosystems and climate on various spatial and temporal scales. The feedbacks resulting from these interactions range from local impacts on topography, hydrology, and biology to complex influences on global scale biogeochemical cycling. This review contributes to this focus issue by synthesizing its 28 multidisciplinary studies which provide field evidence, remote sensing observations, and modeling results on various scales. We synthesize study results from a diverse range of permafrost landscapes and ecosystems by reporting key observations and modeling outcomes for permafrost thaw dynamics, identifying feedbacks between permafrost and ecosystem processes, and highlighting biogeochemical feedbacks from permafrost thaw. We complete our synthesis by discussing the progress made, stressing remaining challenges and knowledge gaps, and providing an outlook on future needs and research opportunities in the study of permafrost–ecosystem–climate interactions. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Environmental Research Letters 11 4 040201 |
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The permafrost component of the cryosphere is changing dramatically, but the permafrost region is not well monitored and the consequences of change are not well understood. Changing permafrost interacts with ecosystems and climate on various spatial and temporal scales. The feedbacks resulting from these interactions range from local impacts on topography, hydrology, and biology to complex influences on global scale biogeochemical cycling. This review contributes to this focus issue by synthesizing its 28 multidisciplinary studies which provide field evidence, remote sensing observations, and modeling results on various scales. We synthesize study results from a diverse range of permafrost landscapes and ecosystems by reporting key observations and modeling outcomes for permafrost thaw dynamics, identifying feedbacks between permafrost and ecosystem processes, and highlighting biogeochemical feedbacks from permafrost thaw. We complete our synthesis by discussing the progress made, stressing remaining challenges and knowledge gaps, and providing an outlook on future needs and research opportunities in the study of permafrost–ecosystem–climate interactions. |
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Guido Grosse Scott Goetz A Dave McGuire Vladimir E Romanovsky Edward A G Schuur |
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Changing permafrost in a warming world and feedbacks to the Earth system |
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Changing permafrost in a warming world and feedbacks to the Earth system |
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Changing permafrost in a warming world and feedbacks to the Earth system |
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