Hydrologic impacts of thawing permafrost—A review

MA Walvoord, BL Kurylyk - Vadose Zone Journal, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Where present, permafrost exerts a primary control on water fluxes, flowpaths, and
distribution. Climate warming and related drivers of soil thermal change are expected to …

Arctic terrestrial hydrology: A synthesis of processes, regional effects, and research challenges

A Bring, I Fedorova, Y Dibike, L Hinzman… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial hydrology is central to the Arctic system and its freshwater circulation. Water
transport and water constituents vary, however, across a very diverse geography. In this …

Landslide response to climate change in permafrost regions

AI Patton, SL Rathburn, DM Capps - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid permafrost thaw in the high-latitude and high-elevation areas increases hillslope
susceptibility to landsliding by altering geotechnical properties of hillslope materials …

Reviews and syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems

JE Vonk, SE Tank, WB Bowden, I Laurion… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
The Arctic is a water-rich region, with freshwater systems covering about 16% of the northern
permafrost landscape. Permafrost thaw creates new freshwater ecosystems, while at the …

Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in permafrost soils and aquatic systems: a meta-analysis

JE Vonk, SE Tank, PJ Mann, RGM Spencer… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
As Arctic regions warm and frozen soils thaw, the large organic carbon pool stored in
permafrost becomes increasingly vulnerable to decomposition or transport. The transfer of …

Improving water quality in China: environmental investment pays dividends

Y Zhou, J Ma, Y Zhang, B Qin, E Jeppesen, K Shi… - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
This study highlights how Chinese economic development detrimentally impacted water
quality in recent decades and how this has been improved by enormous investment in …

Effects of changing permafrost conditions on hydrological processes and fluvial fluxes

MJ Lafrenière, SF Lamoureux - Earth-science reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the impacts of permafrost change on hydrological and related
hydrochemical, particulate and organic fluxes in small Arctic catchments. While the …

Landscape matters: Predicting the biogeochemical effects of permafrost thaw on aquatic networks with a state factor approach

SE Tank, JE Vonk, MA Walvoord… - Permafrost and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Permafrost thaw has been widely observed to alter the biogeochemistry of recipient aquatic
ecosystems. However, research from various regions has shown considerable variation in …

Reorganization of vegetation, hydrology and soil carbon after permafrost degradation across heterogeneous boreal landscapes

MT Jorgenson, J Harden, M Kanevskiy… - Environmental …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The diversity of ecosystems across boreal landscapes, successional changes after
disturbance and complicated permafrost histories, present enormous challenges for …

Patterns and persistence of hydrologic carbon and nutrient export from collapsing upland permafrost

BW Abbott, JB Jones, SE Godsey, JR Larouche… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
As high latitudes warm, vast stocks of carbon and nitrogen stored in permafrost will become
available for transport to aquatic ecosystems. While there is a growing understanding of the …