Permafrost degradation and its hydrogeological impacts

H **, Y Huang, VF Bense, Q Ma, SS Marchenko… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Under a warming climate, permafrost degradation has resulted in profound hydrogeological
consequences. Here, we mainly review 240 recent relevant papers. Permafrost degradation …

Continentality determines warming or cooling impact of heavy rainfall events on permafrost

A Hamm, RÍ Magnússon, AJ Khattak… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Permafrost thaw can cause an intensification of climate change through the release of
carbon as greenhouse gases. While the effect of air temperature on permafrost thaw is well …

Sub-aerial talik formation observed across the discontinuous permafrost zone of Alaska

LM Farquharson, VE Romanovsky, A Kholodov… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Talik formation has long been acknowledged as an important mechanism of permafrost
degradation. Currently, a lack of in situ observations has left a critical gap in our …

Metal mobilization from thawing permafrost to aquatic ecosystems is driving rusting of Arctic streams

JA O'Donnell, MP Carey, JC Koch… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change in the Arctic is altering watershed hydrologic processes and
biogeochemistry. Here, we present an emergent threat to Arctic watersheds based on …

[HTML][HTML] Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region–a model intercomparison

CG Andresen, DM Lawrence, CJ Wilson… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
This study investigates and compares soil moisture and hydrology projections of broadly
used land models with permafrost processes and highlights the causes and impacts of …

Simulation of the present and future projection of permafrost on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau with statistical and machine learning models

J Ni, T Wu, X Zhu, G Hu, D Zou, X Wu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The comprehensive understanding of the occurred changes of permafrost, including the
changes of mean annual ground temperature (MAGT) and active layer thickness (ALT), on …

[HTML][HTML] Pore-scale controls on hydrological and geochemical processes in peat: Implications on interacting processes

CPR McCarter, F Rezanezhad, WL Quinton… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Peatlands are wetlands that provide important ecosystem services including carbon
sequestration and water storage that respond to hydrological, biological, and …

Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure–bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales

T Schneider von Deimling, H Lee… - The Cryosphere …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Infrastructure built on perennially frozen ice-rich ground relies heavily on thermally stable
subsurface conditions. Climate warming-induced deepening of ground thaw puts such …

Pervasive permafrost thaw exacerbates future risk of water shortage across the Tibetan Plateau

T Wang, D Yang, Y Yang, G Zheng, H **, X Li… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rivers originating from the Tibetan Plateau (TP) provide water to more than 1 billion people
living downstream. Almost 40% of the TP is currently underlain by permafrost, which serves …

Changing freshwater contributions to the Arctic: A 90-year trend analysis (1981–2070)

TA Stadnyk, A Tefs, M Broesky, SJ Déry… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
The pan-Arctic domain is undergoing some of Earth's most rapid and significant changes
resulting from anthropogenic and climate-induced alteration of freshwater distribution …