Complex Vulnerabilities of the Water and Aquatic Carbon Cycles to Permafrost Thaw

The spatial distribution and depth of permafrost are changing in response to warming and landscape disturbance across northern Arctic and boreal regions. This alters the infiltration, flow, surface and subsurface distribution, and hydrologic connectivity of inland waters. Such changes in the water c...

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Main Authors: Michelle A. Walvoord, Robert G. Striegl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Climate
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2021.730402/full