Temporal stereophotogrammetric analysis of retrogressive thaw slumps on Herschel Island, Yukon Territory

• Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: Lantuit, H., Pollard, W. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2005
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Herschel Island; Yukon; Climate change; Global warming; Herschel; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-5-413-2005; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00034120; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00034074/nhess-5-413-2005.pdf; https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/5/413/2005/nhess-5-413-2005.pdf

The western Canadian Arctic is identified as an area of potentially significant global warming. Thawing permafrost, sea level rise, changing sea ice conditions and increased wave activity will result in accelerated rates of coastal erosion and thermokarst activity in areas of ice-rich permafrost. Th...