Development of multiple taliks near settlements on Svalbard – a new source of drinking water for the High Arctic?

• Main Authors: Sinitsyn, Anatoly O., Bazin, Sara, Benestad, Rasmus, Etzelmüller, Bernd, Isaksen, Ketil, Kvitsand, Hanne, Lutz, Julia, Popp, Andrea L., Rubensdotter, Lena, Westermann, Sebastian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Longyearbyen; Ny-Ålesund; Pyramiden; Svalbard; Talik; Climate change; Ny Ålesund; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2950; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00070618; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00068963/egusphere-2023-2950.pdf; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-2950/egusphere-2023-2950.pdf

This article presents a comprehensive documentation and analysis of long-term observations of year-round groundwater occurrences in rivers and various types of taliks under continuous permafrost conditions on Svalbard. Previously thought to be nonexistent, the existence of these taliks has been conf...