Permafrost thaw driven changes in hydrology and vegetation cover increase trace gas emissions and climate forcing in Stordalen Mire from 1970 to 2014

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Main Authors: Varner, Ruth K., Crill, Patrick M., Frolking, Steve, McCalley, Carmody K., Burke, Sophia A., Chanton, Jeffrey P., Holmes, M. Elizabeth, Saleska, Scott, Palace, Michael W.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2022
• Subjects: Articles; Stordalen; Active layer thickness; Northern Sweden; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8646141/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34865532; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2021.0022

Permafrost thaw increases active layer thickness, changes landscape hydrology and influences vegetation species composition. These changes alter belowground microbial and geochemical processes, affecting production, consumption and net emission rates of climate forcing trace gases. Net carbon dioxid...