Permafrost degradation in West Greenland

• Main Authors: Foged, Niels Nielsen, Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Geoscience Society of Iceland 2012
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action; SDG 13 - Climate Action; Arctic; Fairbanks; Greenland; Nuuk; Kangerlussuaq; Sisimiut; Ilulissat; Arctic Technology Centre; Ice; permafrost; Recent and future permafrost variability, retreat and degradation in Greenland and Alaska: An integrated approach; Alaska
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/8b638141-a28b-48fe-b3de-fe3710a78b51; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/6481633/prod11326728315042.Foged.pdf; http://www.jfi.is/ngw_2012; http://www.jfi.is/ngw_2012/abstract-volume

Important aspects of civil engineering in West Greenland relate to the presence of permafrost and mapping of the annual and future changes in the active layer due to the ongoing climatically changes in the Arctic. The Arctic Technology Centre (ARTEK) has worked more than 10 years on this topic and t...