Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

Permafrost thaw poses a serious threat to the sustainable development of Arctic communities. Here the authors show that most fundamental Arctic infrastructure and population will be at high hazard risk, even if the Paris Agreement target is achieved.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Jan Hjort, Olli Karjalainen, Juha Aalto, Sebastian Westermann, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Frederick E. Nelson, Bernd Etzelmüller, Miska Luoto
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
permafrost
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07557-4
https://doaj.org/article/bae16ccdf8e7467a83cc33aebafc4485
Description
Summary:Permafrost thaw poses a serious threat to the sustainable development of Arctic communities. Here the authors show that most fundamental Arctic infrastructure and population will be at high hazard risk, even if the Paris Agreement target is achieved.

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