Past and Present Permafrost Temperatures in the Abisko Area: Redrilling of Boreholes

• Published in: AMBIO
• Main Authors: Johansson, Margareta, Åkerman, Jonas, Keuper, Frida, Christensen, Torben R., Lantuit, Hugues, Callaghan, Terry V.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2011
• Subjects: Article; Abisko; Active layer thickness; International Polar Year; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357866; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21954719; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0163-3

Monitoring of permafrost has been ongoing since 1978 in the Abisko area, northernmost Sweden, when measurements of active layer thickness started. In 1980, boreholes were drilled in three mires in the area to record permafrost temperatures. Recordings were made twice per year, and the last data were...