Changes in ice‐wedge activity over 25 years of climate change near Salluit, Nunavik (northern Québec, Canada)

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Samuel Gagnon, Michel Allard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Nunavik; Salluit; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2030

To assess the direct impact of climate change on ice‐wedge (IW) degradation, 16 sites in the Narsajuaq river valley (Nunavik, Canada) that were extensively studied between 1989 and 1991 were revisited in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In total, 109 pits were dug to record soil characteristics and IW shapes an...