An examination of the influence of thermokarst activity on arctic lake sediment methanogenesis

• Main Authors: Bostick, Matthew C., NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Climate change $x Research; Global warming $x Research; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Brooks Range; Climate change; Global warming; permafrost; Thermokarst; Alaska
• Online Access: http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Bostick_uncg_0154M_10209.pdf

Accelerated warming in the Arctic contributes to the formation of landscape features known as thermokarsts, or ground surface depressions created by the thermal degradation of permafrost. As a significant portion of the global carbon pool is stored in high latitude ecosystems, it is of concern that...