Effects of climate change and organic matter content on modelled active layer thickness and the thermal state of permafrost in Adventdalen, Svalbard

• Main Author: op den Kelder, Antonia
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi 2017
• Subjects: Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Svalbard; Adventdalen; Active layer thickness; permafrost
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-147526

Climate change has already had an impact on the environment; this impact is expected to increase in the future. The Polar Regions are highly vulnerable to climate change because of polar amplification. Large amounts of carbon are stored in permafrost in the form of organic matter. Climate change and...