Amplification of global warming in Arctic and boreal regions is causing significant changes
to permafrost‐affected landscapes. The nature and extent of the change is complicated by …

Climate change and anthropic activities increase the engineering risk in cold regions. This
paper reviews the risk assessment of permafrost and constructions. Permafrost temperature …

Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS)–landslides caused by the melt of ground ice in permafrost–
have become more common in the Arctic, but the timing of this recent increase and its links …

Recent research using repeat photography, long-term ecological monitoring and
dendrochronology has documented shrub expansion in arctic, high-latitude and alpine …

The term thermokarst describes the processes and landforms that involve collapse of the
land surface as a result of the melting of ground ice. We review the literature that has …

This synthesis addresses the vulnerability of the North American high‐latitude soil organic
carbon (SOC) pool to climate change. Disturbances caused by climate warming in arctic …

It is anticipated that an increase in rainfall will have significant impacts on the
geomorphology of permafrost landscapes. Field observations, remote sensing and historical …

Thaw slump activity has recently increased in permafrost areas of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
(QTP). Thaw slumps may influence the stability of infrastructure and impact global …

Release of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost is potentially the largest terrestrial
feedback to climate change and one of the most likely to occur; however, estimates of its …

Ice‐cored permafrost landscapes are highly sensitive to disturbance and have the potential
to undergo dramatic geomorphic transformations in response to climate change. The …