Increased Arctic NO 3 - Availability as a Hydrogeomorphic Consequence of Permafrost Degradation and Landscape Drying
Climate-driven permafrost thaw alters the strongly coupled carbon and nitrogen cycles within the Arctic tundra, influencing the availability of limiting nutrients including nitrate (NO 3 - ). Researchers have identified two primary mechanisms that increase nitrogen and NO 3 - availability within per...
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:1870204 2023-07-30T04:01:02+02:00 Increased Arctic NO 3 - Availability as a Hydrogeomorphic Consequence of Permafrost Degradation and Landscape Drying Arendt, Carli A. Heikoop, Jeffrey M. Newman, Brent D. Wilson, Cathy J. Wainwright, Haruko Kumar, Jitendra Andersen, Christian G. Wales, Nathan A. Dafflon, Baptiste Cherry, Jessica Wullschleger, Stan D. 2023-02-17 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1870204 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1870204 https://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen3020021 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1870204 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1870204 https://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen3020021 doi:10.3390/nitrogen3020021 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 2023 ftosti https://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen3020021 2023-07-11T10:12:43Z Climate-driven permafrost thaw alters the strongly coupled carbon and nitrogen cycles within the Arctic tundra, influencing the availability of limiting nutrients including nitrate (NO 3 - ). Researchers have identified two primary mechanisms that increase nitrogen and NO 3 - availability within permafrost soils: (1) the ‘frozen feast’, where previously frozen organic material becomes available as it thaws, and (2) ‘shrubification’, where expansion of nitrogen-fixing shrubs promotes increased soil nitrogen. Through the synthesis of original and previously published observational data, and the application of multiple geospatial approaches, this study investigates and highlights a third mechanism that increases NO 3 - availability: the hydrogeomorphic evolution of polygonal permafrost landscapes. Permafrost thaw drives changes in microtopography, increasing the drainage of topographic highs, thus increasing oxic conditions that promote NO 3 - production and accumulation. We extrapolate relationships between NO 3 - and soil moisture in elevated topographic features within our study area and the broader Alaskan Coastal Plain and investigate potential changes in NO 3 - availability in response to possible hydrogeomorphic evolution scenarios of permafrost landscapes. These approximations indicate that such changes could increase Arctic tundra NO 3 - availability by ~250–1000%. Thus, hydrogeomorphic changes that accompany continued permafrost degradation in polygonal permafrost landscapes will substantially increase soil pore water NO 3 - availability and boost future fertilization and productivity in the Arctic. Other/Unknown Material Arctic permafrost Tundra SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) Arctic Nitrogen 3 2 314 332 |
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Climate-driven permafrost thaw alters the strongly coupled carbon and nitrogen cycles within the Arctic tundra, influencing the availability of limiting nutrients including nitrate (NO 3 - ). Researchers have identified two primary mechanisms that increase nitrogen and NO 3 - availability within permafrost soils: (1) the ‘frozen feast’, where previously frozen organic material becomes available as it thaws, and (2) ‘shrubification’, where expansion of nitrogen-fixing shrubs promotes increased soil nitrogen. Through the synthesis of original and previously published observational data, and the application of multiple geospatial approaches, this study investigates and highlights a third mechanism that increases NO 3 - availability: the hydrogeomorphic evolution of polygonal permafrost landscapes. Permafrost thaw drives changes in microtopography, increasing the drainage of topographic highs, thus increasing oxic conditions that promote NO 3 - production and accumulation. We extrapolate relationships between NO 3 - and soil moisture in elevated topographic features within our study area and the broader Alaskan Coastal Plain and investigate potential changes in NO 3 - availability in response to possible hydrogeomorphic evolution scenarios of permafrost landscapes. These approximations indicate that such changes could increase Arctic tundra NO 3 - availability by ~250–1000%. Thus, hydrogeomorphic changes that accompany continued permafrost degradation in polygonal permafrost landscapes will substantially increase soil pore water NO 3 - availability and boost future fertilization and productivity in the Arctic. |
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Arendt, Carli A. Heikoop, Jeffrey M. Newman, Brent D. Wilson, Cathy J. Wainwright, Haruko Kumar, Jitendra Andersen, Christian G. Wales, Nathan A. Dafflon, Baptiste Cherry, Jessica Wullschleger, Stan D. |
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Arendt, Carli A. Heikoop, Jeffrey M. Newman, Brent D. Wilson, Cathy J. Wainwright, Haruko Kumar, Jitendra Andersen, Christian G. Wales, Nathan A. Dafflon, Baptiste Cherry, Jessica Wullschleger, Stan D. |
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Increased Arctic NO 3 - Availability as a Hydrogeomorphic Consequence of Permafrost Degradation and Landscape Drying |
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Increased Arctic NO 3 - Availability as a Hydrogeomorphic Consequence of Permafrost Degradation and Landscape Drying |
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Increased Arctic NO 3 - Availability as a Hydrogeomorphic Consequence of Permafrost Degradation and Landscape Drying |
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Increased Arctic NO 3 - Availability as a Hydrogeomorphic Consequence of Permafrost Degradation and Landscape Drying |
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Increased Arctic NO 3 - Availability as a Hydrogeomorphic Consequence of Permafrost Degradation and Landscape Drying |
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increased arctic no 3 - availability as a hydrogeomorphic consequence of permafrost degradation and landscape drying |
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