Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure - Bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Schneider Von Deimling, Thomas, Lee, Hanna, Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas, Westermann, Sebastian, Romanovsky, Vladimir, Lamoureux, Scott, Walker, Donald A., Chadburn, Sarah E., Trochim, Erin, Cai, Lei, Nitzbon, Jan, Jacobi, Stephan, Langer, Moritz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Talik; Ice; permafrost; The Cryosphere; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2979326; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021

Infrastructure built on perennially frozen ice-rich ground relies heavily on thermally stable subsurface conditions. Climate-warming-induced deepening of ground thaw puts such infrastructure at risk of failure. For better assessing the risk of large-scale future damage to Arctic infrastructure, impr...