CHANGING CLIMATE AND PERMAFROST DISTRIBUTION IN THE SOVIET ARCTIC
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Physical Geography
- Vol. 10 (3) , 285-293
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.1989.10642383
Abstract
Anticipated global warming during the next century will produce many environmental changes, including widespread thawing of permafrost in the northern hemisphere. A nonstationary model of heat and water transport in a stratified medium was used in conjunction with results from a climate-change model to estimate the severity of permafrost degradation. Results suggest that the area of continuous permafrost in the USSR may be reduced by 15 to 20% over a 50-year period.Keywords
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