Impacts of permafrost degradation on infrastructure

J Hjort, D Streletskiy, G Doré, Q Wu, K Bjella… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The warming and thawing of ice-rich permafrost pose considerable threat to the integrity of
polar and high-altitude infrastructure, in turn jeopardizing sustainable development. In this …

Permafrost is warming at a global scale

BK Biskaborn, SL Smith, J Noetzli, H Matthes… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Permafrost warming has the potential to amplify global climate change, because when
frozen sediments thaw it unlocks soil organic carbon. Yet to date, no globally consistent …

Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

Lake and drained lake basin systems in lowland permafrost regions

BM Jones, G Grosse, LM Farquharson… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The formation, growth and drainage of lakes in Arctic and boreal lowland permafrost regions
influence landscape and ecosystem processes. These lake and drained lake basin (L-DLB) …