Drivers, dynamics and impacts of changing Arctic coasts

AM Irrgang, M Bendixen, LM Farquharson… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Arctic coasts are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and
the loss of permafrost, sea ice and glaciers. Assessing the influence of anthropogenic …

Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

Around one third of current Arctic Ocean primary production sustained by rivers and coastal erosion

J Terhaar, R Lauerwald, P Regnier, N Gruber… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Net primary production (NPP) is the foundation of the oceans' ecosystems and the fisheries
they support. In the Arctic Ocean, NPP is controlled by a complex interplay of light and …

Increase in Arctic coastal erosion and its sensitivity to warming in the twenty-first century

DM Nielsen, P Pieper, A Barkhordarian… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Arctic coastal erosion damages infrastructure, threatens coastal communities and releases
organic carbon from permafrost. However, the magnitude, timing and sensitivity of coastal …

Preferential export of permafrost-derived organic matter as retrogressive thaw slumping intensifies

L Bröder, K Keskitalo, S Zolkos, S Shakil… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Enhanced warming of the Northern high latitudes has intensified thermokarst processes
throughout the permafrost zone. Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS), where thaw-driven …

Biogeochemical River Runoff Drives Intense Coastal Arctic Ocean CO2 Outgassing

C Bertin, D Carroll, D Menemenlis… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic warming alters land‐to‐sea fluxes of nutrients and organic matter, which impact air‐
sea carbon exchange. Here we use an ocean‐biogeochemical model of the southeastern …

Reduced Arctic Ocean CO2 uptake due to coastal permafrost erosion

DM Nielsen, F Chegini, J Maerz, S Brune… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Arctic coastal permafrost erosion is projected to increase by a factor of 2–3 by 2100.
However, organic matter fluxes from the coastal permafrost into the ocean have not been …

Permafrost Carbon and CO2 Pathways Differ at Contrasting Coastal Erosion Sites in the Canadian Arctic

G Tanski, L Bröder, D Wagner, C Knoblauch… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Warming air and sea temperatures, longer open-water seasons and sea-level rise
collectively promote the erosion of permafrost coasts in the Arctic, which profoundly impacts …

Traveling light: Arctic coastal erosion releases mostly matrix free, unprotected organic carbon

FCJ van Crimpen, L Madaj, D Whalen… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic rapidly warms and sea ice retreats, a large fraction of organic carbon (OC),
currently stored in coastal permafrost will be released into the marine system. Once …

Sea-level rise and warming mediate coastal groundwater discharge in the Arctic

JA Guimond, AA Mohammed… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Groundwater discharge is an important mechanism through which fresh water and
associated solutes are delivered to the ocean. Permafrost environments have traditionally …