Permafrost Modelling and Climate Change Simulations in Northern Sweden

• Main Author: Hällberg, Petter
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2018
• Subjects: permafrost; BTS; climate change; modelling; projections; klimatförändringar; modellering; projektioner; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Abisko; Arctic; Kol’; Tarfala; Arktis*; Climate change; Global warming; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-337794

Permafrost is an important component in Arctic environments and has been hypothesized to be diminishing due to global warming. A growing concern is that large quantities of stored organic carbon will be mobilized and released to the atmosphere as the potent greenhouse gas methane if the ground thaws...