| Title | Climate drivers - permafrost |
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| Author | Barrette, C; Smith, S L; Stendel, M; Rodehacke, C; Ingeman-Nielsen, T; Marchenko, S |
| Source | AMAP 2017: Adaptation actions for a changing arctic: perspectives from the Baffin Bay/Davis
Strait region; by Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP); 2018 p. 51-53 |
| Links | Online - En ligne (complete volume - volume complet, PDF, 44.4 MB)
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| Year | 2018 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20150404 |
| Publisher | Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (Oslo, Norway) |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf; docx |
| Province | Nunavut; Northern offshore region; Quebec |
| NTS | 14; 15; 16; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59 |
| Area | Baffin Bay; Davis Strait; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island; Baffin Island; Nunavik; Greenland; Denmark |
| Lat/Long WENS | -92.0000 -36.0000 80.0000 56.0000 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; Nature and Environment; climatology; climate, arctic; models; temperature; precipitation; meteorology; snow; permafrost; ground ice; glaciers; runoff; surface waters; lakes;
rivers; ice thicknesses; sea ice; sea level changes; oceanography; crustal uplift; isostasy; Greenland Ice Sheet; North Water Polynya; Climate change; Wind; permafrost thaw; Water supply; Trends; Oceans |
| Illustrations | tables; geoscientific sketch maps; time series |
| Program | Climate Change Geoscience Essential Climate Variable Monitoring |
| Released | 2018 01 01 |
| Abstract | BBDS permafrost is projected to warm the most in the region's coldest areas and to thaw considerably in the warmest areas. Ellesmere Island is an example of a cold area that is projected to experience
pronounced permafrost warming. Southwestern Greenland is an example of a relatively warm area that is projected to experience pronounced permafrost thawing. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This contribution provides a summary of permafrost conditions in the Baffin Bay Davis Strait region, one of the pilot regions of an Arctic Council
Project ¿Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic¿. A summary of current permafrost thermal state for the eastern Canadian Arctic and Greenland is provided along with documentation of recent trends in permafrost temperatures. Projections of future
permafrost conditions are also provided. The entire report will evaluate how adaptions to a changing Arctic might occur and inform development of adaption strategies in response to a changing climate. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 297526 |
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