Long-term climate-influenced land cover change in discontinuous permafrost peatland complexes

• Published in: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: O. Carpino, K. Haynes, R. Connon, J. Craig, É. Devoie, W. Quinton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: geo; envir; Canada; Northwest Territories; Scotty Creek; permafrost; taiga; Taiga plains
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3301-2021; https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/25/3301/2021/hess-25-3301-2021.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/ee430f6cd2704c1382e373acbc23a021

The discontinuous permafrost zone is undergoing rapid transformation as a result of unprecedented permafrost thaw brought on by circumpolar climate warming. Rapid warming over recent decades has significantly decreased the area underlain by permafrost in peatland complexes. It has catalysed extensiv...