Évolution couplée de la neige, du pergélisol et de la végétation arctique et subarctique

• Main Author: Barrère, Mathieu
• Other Authors: Dominé, Florent, Morin, Samuel
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: Université Laval 2018
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Bylot Island; Umiujaq; Arctique*; Global warming; permafrost; Subarctic; subarctique*; Tundra; pergélisol
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/30263

Permafrost is a major component of the Earth climatic system. Global warming provokes the degradation of permafrost which favors biogeochemical activity in Arctic soils. The decomposition of organic matter increases and results in the release of high amounts of greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) to the...