| Title | Terrestrial permafrost |
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| Author | Romanovsky, V E; Smith, S L ; Isaksen, K; Shiklomanov, N I; Streletskiy, D A; Kholodov, A L; Christiansen, H H; Drozdov, D S; Malkova, G V; Marchenko, S S |
| Source | Arctic report card 2017; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2017. |
| Links | Online - En ligne
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| Year | 2017 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20170234 |
| Publisher | NOAA |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northwest Territories; Nunavut |
| Area | Alaska; Mackenzie Valley; Alert; Baffin Island; Canada; United States of America |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; Nature and Environment; permafrost; ground temperatures; temperature; climate, arctic; climate effects |
| Illustrations | graphs; location maps; tables |
| Program | Climate Change
Geoscience Permafrost |
| Released | 2017 01 01 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This article is the permafrost contribution to the Arctic Report Card, an annual peer-reviewed report providing clear, reliable information on the
current state of the Arctic environmental system relative to historical records. Information acquired from the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (to which Canada contributes) indicates that permafrost continues to warm across the circumpolar
region and in some regions such as the Canadian High Arctic the permafrost temperatures are the highest they have been in the past 3-4 decades. Since permafrost is an important component of the northern landscape, knowledge of how conditions are
changing is essential for planning adaptation to a changing climate and to support decisions regarding northern development. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306080 |
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