Pan-Arctic ice-wedge degradation in warming permafrost and its influence on tundra hydrology

Anna Liljedahl,Julia Boike,Ronald P. Daanen,Alexander N. Fedorov,Gerald V. Frost,Guido Grosse,Larry D. Hinzman,Yoshihiro Iijma,Janet C. Jorgenson,Nadya Matveyeva,Marius Necsoiu,Martha K. Raynolds,Vladimir E. Romanovsky,J. Schulla,Ken D. Tape,Donald A. Walker,Cathy J. Wilson,Hironori Yabuki,Donatella Zona

Pan-Arctic ice-wedge degradation in warming permafrost and its influence on tundra hydrology

2016

Anna Liljedahl
Julia Boike
Ronald P. Daanen
Alexander N. Fedorov
Gerald V. Frost
Guido Grosse
Larry D. Hinzman
Yoshihiro Iijma
Janet C. Jorgenson
Nadya Matveyeva
Marius Necsoiu
Martha K. Raynolds
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
J. Schulla
Ken D. Tape
Donald A. Walker
Cathy J. Wilson
Hironori Yabuki
Donatella Zona

The polygonal patterns in permafrost regions are caused by the formation of ice wedges. Observations of polygon evolution reveal that rapid ice-wedge melting has occurred across the Arctic since 1950, altering tundra hydrology.

Keywords:

Geomorphology
Tundra
Geology
Wedge (mechanical device)
Climatology
Arctic
Permafrost
Arctic ice pack
Degradation (geology)
Hydrology
Snow hydrology
pan arctic
the arctic
Ice wedge

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