The effects of fire on the thermal stability of permafrost in lowland and upland black spruce forests of interior Alaska in a changing climate

The effects of fire on the thermal stability of permafrost in lowland and upland black spruce forests of interior Alaska in a changing climate

Fire is an important factor controlling the composition and thickness of the organic layer in the black spruce forest ecosystems of interior Alaska. Fire that burns the organic layer can trigger dramatic changes in the underlying permafrost, leading to accelerated ground thawing within a relatively...

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Main Authors: E E Jafarov, V E Romanovsky, H Genet, A D McGuire, S S Marchenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
permafrost
wildfires
active layer
carbon cycle
climate change
GIPL
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035030

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035030

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