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Holocene Thermokarst Lake Dynamics in Northern Interior Alaska: The Interplay of Climate, Fire, and Subsurface Hydrology

Frontiers
Holocene thermokarst lake dynamics in northern Interior Alaska: the interplay of climate, fire, and subsurface hydrology
3 months ago

Accelerating thermokarst lake changes on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

Nature
As significant evidence of ice-rich permafrost degradation due to climate warming, thermokarst lake was developing and undergoing...
8 months ago

Bacterial Communities Present Distinct Co-occurrence Networks in Sediment and Water of the Thermokarst Lakes in the Yellow River Source Area

Frontiers
Thermokarst lakes are a ubiquitous and important landscape feature in cold regions and are changing tremendously due to the accelerated climate change.
7 months ago

Guest post: How Arctic lakes accelerate permafrost carbon losses

Carbon Brief
As the climate warms, there is increasing concern around thawing of carbon-rich permafrost across the Arctic. Carbon emissions from this...
72 months ago

New lakes in Alaska is releasing bubbles full of methane

The Hindu
New lakes are emerging in Alaska due to thawing permafrost and releasing methane—a greenhouse gas—into the atmosphere. The Big Trail Lake in...
24 months ago

Characteristics of methane emissions from alpine thermokarst lakes on the Tibetan Plateau

Nature
Understanding methane (CH4) emission from thermokarst lakes is crucial for predicting the impacts of abrupt thaw on the permafrost...
16 months ago

Where Are Arctic Soils Defrosting?

NASA Earth Observatory (.gov)
A holey, Swiss cheese-like landscape, thermokarst is distributed widely across the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere.
92 months ago

Bubbling Lakes Are Speeding Up Arctic Permafrost Melt, And That's Really Bad News

ScienceAlert
NASA-funded research has confirmed that the expected gradual thawing of the Arctic permafrost is being dramatically sped up by a natural phenomenon known as...
73 months ago

Rising global temperatures are creating bubbling, methane lakes you can light on fire

Business Insider
Thermokarst lakes are frozen lakes you can light on fire. An curved arrow pointing right. A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting.
65 months ago

Alaska’s Teshekpuk Lake is World’s Largest Thermokarst Lake

Lake Scientist
Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake is the world's largest thermokarst lake. Thermokarst lakes are formed in depressions left by melting permafrost.
124 months ago