Sensitivity of Erosion‐Rate in Permafrost Landscapes to Changing Climatic and Environmental Conditions Based on Lake Sediments From Northwestern Alaska

• Published in: Earth's Future
• Main Authors: Eitan Shelef, Melissa Griffore, Sam Mark, Tim Coleman, Nick Wondolowski, G. Everett Lasher, Mark Abbott
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: permafrost; erosion‐rate; climate‐change; vegetation; temperature; sediments; geo; envir; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Climate change; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002779; https://doaj.org/article/4a7868c411f14d1291dd32e42284c3e2

Abstract Erosion of landscapes underlaid by permafrost can transform sediment and nutrient fluxes, surface and subsurface hydrology, soil properties, and rates of permafrost thaw, thus changing ecosystems and carbon emissions in high latitude regions with potential implications for global climate. H...