Permafrost landslides promote soil CO2 emission and hinder C accumulation

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Masyagina, O., Evgrafova, S., Bugaenko, T., Kholodilova, V., Krivobokov, L., Korets, M., Wagner, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Tunguska; Nizhnyaya Tunguska; Kochechum; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_3733890

Landslides are common in high-latitude forest ecosystems that have developed on permafrost. The most vulnerable areas in the permafrost territories of Siberia occur on the south-facing slopes of northern rivers, where they are observed on about 20% of the total area of river slopes. Landslide distur...