Permafrost is a key element of the cryosphere and an essential climate variable in the
Global Climate Observing System. There is no remote-sensing method available to reliably …

Abstract Based on the Baltic Earth Assessment Reports of this thematic issue in Earth
System Dynamics and recent peer-reviewed literature, current knowledge of the effects of …

The mountain cryosphere of mainland Europe is recognized to have important impacts on a
range of environmental processes. In this paper, we provide an overview on the current …

Rapid permafrost thaw in the high-latitude and high-elevation areas increases hillslope
susceptibility to landsliding by altering geotechnical properties of hillslope materials …

Mean annual ground temperature (MAGT) and active layer thickness (ALT) are key to
understanding the evolution of the ground thermal state across the Arctic under climate …

The conventional climate gridded datasets based on observations only are widely used in
atmospheric sciences; our focus in this paper is on climate and hydrology. On the …

Climate change has adverse impacts on Arctic natural ecosystems and threatens northern
communities by disrupting subsistence practices, limiting accessibility, and putting built …

Active layer probing in northern Sweden, northeast Greenland, and central Svalbard
indicates active layer thickening has occurred at Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring …

Palsas and peat plateaus are permafrost landforms occurring in subarctic mires which
constitute sensitive ecosystems with strong significance for vegetation, wildlife, hydrology …

Assessing initiation of rock-slope deformation and paleo-slip rates of rockslides is important
to understand the impact of climate variability-in particular permafrost changes-on rockslide …