Recent shallowing of the thaw depth at Crater Lake, Deception Island, Antarctica (2006–2014)

• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Active layer; Antarctic peninsula; Decreasing thaw depth; Permafrost; Snow insulation; air temperature; climate change; precipitation (climatology); seasonal variation; snow cover; stratovolcano; thawing; water content; Antarctica; Crater Lake; Deception Island; Oregon; South Shetland Islands; United States; West Antarctica; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03418162_v149_n_p519_Ramos; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03418162_v149_n_p519_Ramos

The Western Antarctic Peninsula region is one of the hot spots of climate change and one of the most ecologically sensitive regions of Antarctica, where permafrost is near its climatic limits. The research was conducted in Deception Island, an active stratovolcano in the South Shetlands archipelago...