The changing thermal state of permafrost

SL Smith, HB O'Neill, K Isaksen, J Noetzli… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Permafrost temperatures have increased in polar and high-elevation regions, affecting the
climate system and the integrity of natural and built environments. In this Review, we outline …

The status and stability of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau

C Mu, BW Abbott, AJ Norris, M Mu, C Fan, X Chen… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Permafrost regions at high latitudes and altitudes store about half of the Earth's soil organic
carbon (SOC). These areas are also some of the most intensely affected by anthropogenic …

Arctic fires re-emerging

JL McCarty, TEL Smith, MR Turetsky - Nature Geoscience, 2020 - nature.com
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Tree vitality and forest health: can tree-ring stable isotopes be used as indicators?

P Cherubini, G Battipaglia, JL Innes - Current Forestry Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Society is concerned about the long-term condition of the
forests. Although a clear definition of forest health is still missing, to evaluate forest health …

[HTML][HTML] Influences of forest fires on the permafrost environment: A review

XY Li, HJ Jin, HW Wang, SS Marchenko… - Advances in Climate …, 2021 - Elsevier
In boreal and arctic regions, forest fires exert great influences on biogeochemical processes,
hydrothermal dynamics of the active layer and near-surface permafrost, and subsequent …

A survey of computer vision techniques for forest characterization and carbon monitoring tasks

S Illarionova, D Shadrin, P Tregubova, V Ignatiev… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Estimation of terrestrial carbon balance is one of the key tasks in the understanding and
prognosis of climate change impacts and the development of tools and policies according to …

Water is a preservative of microbes

JE Hallsworth - Microbial Biotechnology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water is the cellular milieu, drives all biochemistry within Earth's biosphere and facilitates
microbe‐mediated decay processes. Instead of reviewing these topics, the current article …

Classification of fire damage to boreal forests of Siberia in 2021 based on the dNBR index

E Ponomarev, A Zabrodin, T Ponomareva - Fire, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wildfire in Siberia is extensive, affecting up to 15 Mha annually. The proportion of the
vegetation affected by severe fires is yet unknown, and it is a problem that requires a …

[HTML][HTML] Research progress on hydrological effects of permafrost degradation in the Northern Hemisphere

W Li, D Yan, B Weng, L Zhu - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Permafrost degradation alters the flow rate, direction, and storage capacity of soil moisture,
affecting ecohydrological effects and climate systems, and posing a potential threat to …

Tundra wildfire triggers sustained lateral nutrient loss in Alaskan Arctic

BW Abbott, AV Rocha, A Shogren… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is creating widespread ecosystem disturbance across the permafrost zone,
including a rapid increase in the extent and severity of tundra wildfire. The expansion of this …