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Strong degradation of palsas and peat plateaus in northern Norway during the last 60 years
Amund F. Borge
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Sebastian Westermann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Ingvild Solheim
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Bernd Etzelmüller
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Application of machine learning techniques for wetland type mapping in the Numto Nature Park (Western Siberia) M. Moskovchenko
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- Permafrost distribution in steep rock slopes in Norway: measurements, statistical modelling and implications for geomorphological processes F. Magnin et al.
- InSAR-measured permafrost degradation of palsa peatlands in northern Sweden S. Valman et al.
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- Extremes of summer climate trigger thousands of thermokarst landslides in a High Arctic environment A. Lewkowicz & R. Way
- A review of climate change impacts on the ecosystem services in the Saami Homeland in Finland I. Markkula et al.
- Ecosystem carbon response of an Arctic peatland to simulated permafrost thaw C. Voigt et al.
- Optical and radar Earth observation data for upscaling methane emissions linked to permafrost degradation in sub-Arctic peatlands in northern Sweden S. Sjögersten et al.
- Evidence for unexpected net permafrost aggradation driven by local hydrology and climatic triggers A. Sniderhan et al.
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- Permafrost–wildfire interactions: active layer thickness estimates for paired burned and unburned sites in northern high latitudes A. Talucci et al.
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- Recent advances in the study of mercury biogeochemistry in Arctic permafrost ecosystems B. Malcata Martins et al.
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- Holocene development and permafrost history in sub‐arctic peatlands in Tavvavuoma, northern Sweden A. Sannel et al.
- Disentangling the drivers of future Antarctic ice loss with a historically calibrated ice-sheet model V. Coulon et al.
- Ecosystem dynamics of an ice-poor permafrost peatland in eastern Eurasia: paleoecological insights into climate sensitivity Z. Xia et al.
- Current and future methane emissions from boreal-Arctic wetlands and lakes M. Kuhn et al.
- Multi-proxy resolved timing of permafrost initiation in a peat plateau, northern Norway E. Kiss et al.
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- Legacy permafrost conditions limit deep carbon decomposition in thermokarst peatlands and ponds L. Heffernan et al.
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- Studier av framtidens karbonsyklus i permafrostlandskap S. Kjær & N. Nedkvitne
- Significant underestimation of peatland permafrost along the Labrador Sea coastline in northern Canada Y. Wang et al.
- Imminent loss of climate space for permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia R. Fewster et al.
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- Increased nitrous oxide emissions from Arctic peatlands after permafrost thaw C. Voigt et al.
- Permafrost Peat Plateau on Sosnovets Island: Formation and Long-Term Stability (the White Sea, NW Russia) S. Kutenkov et al.
- Drivers of Holocene palsa distribution in North America R. Fewster et al.
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- Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Susceptibility Assessment of Thaw Slumps Associated with Climate Change in the Hoh Xil Region, in the Hinterland of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau X. Fan et al.
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- Rapid warming and degradation of mountain permafrost in Norway and Iceland B. Etzelmüller et al.
- A review of carbon monitoring in wet carbon systems using remote sensing A. Campbell et al.
- Thaw processes in ice-rich permafrost landscapes represented with laterally coupled tiles in a land surface model K. Aas et al.
- Subfossil oribatid mite communities indicate Holocene permafrost dynamics in Canadian mires I. Markkula & P. Kuhry
- Wintertime production and storage of methane in thermokarst ponds of subarctic Norway A. Pismeniuk et al.
- Når permafrosten forsvinner: irreversibel landskapsendring J. Knutson
- Soil temperature regimes on the southern border of the zone of frozen bogs in Western Siberia D. Moskovchenko & A. Gubarkov
- Volatile organic compound release across a permafrost-affected peatland Y. Jiao et al.
- Carbon and microbes in a degrading palsa mire are distinct from a peatland and a wider connected sub-Arctic fluvial system N. Tuomela et al.
- Microbiogeochemical Traits to Identify Nitrogen Hotspots in Permafrost Regions C. Fiencke et al.
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- Holocene development of subarctic permafrost peatlands in Finnmark, northern Norway S. Kjellman et al.
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- The mid- and late Holocene palsa palaeoecology and hydroclimatic changes in Yenisei Siberia revealed by a high-resolution peat archive E. Novenko et al.
- The role of northern peatlands in the global carbon cycle for the 21st century C. Qiu et al.
- Top-of-permafrost ground ice indicated by remotely sensed late-season subsidence S. Zwieback & F. Meyer
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- Transitional rock glaciers at sea level in northern Norway K. Lilleøren et al.
- Multitemporal UAV lidar detects seasonal heave and subsidence on palsas C. Renette et al.
- The Holocene hydroclimatic changes, palsa peatland development and vegetation history in the inner part of the Central Siberian Plateau (Russia) E. Novenko et al.
- Characteristics and fate of isolated permafrost patches in coastal Labrador, Canada R. Way et al.
- Induction effect removal for high frequency induced polarization data R. Schulz et al.
- Application of machine learning techniques for wetland type mapping in the Numto Nature Park (Western Siberia) M. Moskovchenko
- The interaction between vegetation types and intensities of freeze-thaw cycles during the autumn freezing affected in-situ soil N2O emissions in the permafrost peatlands of the Great Hinggan Mountains, Northeastern China L. Song et al.
- Permafrost Degradation and Its Hydrogeological Impacts H. Jin et al.
- Environmental spaces for palsas and peat plateaus are disappearing at a circumpolar scale O. Leppiniemi et al.
- Permafrost development in northern Fennoscandian peatlands since the mid-Holocene M. Hichens-Bergström & A. Sannel
- Permafrost in monitored unstable rock slopes in Norway – new insights from temperature and surface velocity measurements, geophysical surveying, and ground temperature modelling B. Etzelmüller et al.
- Sources of nitrous oxide and the fate of mineral nitrogen in subarctic permafrost peat soils J. Gil et al.
- Permafrost distribution in steep rock slopes in Norway: measurements, statistical modelling and implications for geomorphological processes F. Magnin et al.
- InSAR-measured permafrost degradation of palsa peatlands in northern Sweden S. Valman et al.
- Transient modeling of the ground thermal conditions using satellite data in the Lena River delta, Siberia S. Westermann et al.
- Extremes of summer climate trigger thousands of thermokarst landslides in a High Arctic environment A. Lewkowicz & R. Way
- A review of climate change impacts on the ecosystem services in the Saami Homeland in Finland I. Markkula et al.
- Ecosystem carbon response of an Arctic peatland to simulated permafrost thaw C. Voigt et al.
- Optical and radar Earth observation data for upscaling methane emissions linked to permafrost degradation in sub-Arctic peatlands in northern Sweden S. Sjögersten et al.
- Evidence for unexpected net permafrost aggradation driven by local hydrology and climatic triggers A. Sniderhan et al.
- Increase in beaver dams controls surface water and thermokarst dynamics in an Arctic tundra region, Baldwin Peninsula, northwestern Alaska B. Jones et al.
- Warming climate forcing impact from a sub-arctic peatland as a result of late Holocene permafrost aggradation and initiation of bare peat surfaces M. Väliranta et al.
- Assessing climatic indicators of mire resilience along a subarctic-temperate gradient in the face of abrupt climate change: A study of selected Norwegian and Polish peatlands R. Kustina et al.
- Experimental warming and permafrost thaw decrease soil nematode abundance in northern palsa peatlands R. Van Daele et al.
- Internal structure and palsa development at Orravatnsrústir Palsa Site (Central Iceland), investigated by means of integrated resistivity and ground‐penetrating radar methods A. Emmert & C. Kneisel
- Mercury in the Barents region – River fluxes, sources, and environmental concentrations C. Gundersen et al.
- Peatland development reconstruction and complex biological responses to permafrost thawing in Western Siberia A. Halaś et al.
- Explicitly modelling microtopography in permafrost landscapes in a land surface model (JULES vn5.4_microtopography) N. Smith et al.
- Permafrost–wildfire interactions: active layer thickness estimates for paired burned and unburned sites in northern high latitudes A. Talucci et al.
- Permafrost Thaw Increases Methylmercury Formation in Subarctic Fennoscandia B. Tarbier et al.
- Recent advances in the study of mercury biogeochemistry in Arctic permafrost ecosystems B. Malcata Martins et al.
- Usability of one-class classification in mapping and detecting changes in bare peat surfaces in the tundra A. Räsänen et al.
- Satellite data indicates recent Arctic peatland expansion with warming K. Crichton et al.
- Water chemistry and greenhouse gas concentrations in waterbodies of a thawing permafrost peatland complex in northern Norway J. Knutson et al.
- Holocene development and permafrost history in sub‐arctic peatlands in Tavvavuoma, northern Sweden A. Sannel et al.
- Disentangling the drivers of future Antarctic ice loss with a historically calibrated ice-sheet model V. Coulon et al.
- Ecosystem dynamics of an ice-poor permafrost peatland in eastern Eurasia: paleoecological insights into climate sensitivity Z. Xia et al.
- Current and future methane emissions from boreal-Arctic wetlands and lakes M. Kuhn et al.
- Multi-proxy resolved timing of permafrost initiation in a peat plateau, northern Norway E. Kiss et al.
- Sphagnum capillifolium holobiont from a subarctic palsa bog aggravates the potential of nitrous oxide emissions Y. Nie et al.
- Permafrost degradation at two monitored palsa mires in north-west Finland M. Verdonen et al.
- Environmental monitoring data reveals geographic and depth-based differentiation of benthic fjord communities A. Sen et al.
- Carbon degradation and mobilisation potentials of thawing permafrost peatlands in northern Norway inferred from laboratory incubations S. Kjær et al.
- Legacy permafrost conditions limit deep carbon decomposition in thermokarst peatlands and ponds L. Heffernan et al.
- Permafrost nitrous oxide emissions observed on a landscape scale using the airborne eddy-covariance method J. Wilkerson et al.
- Studier av framtidens karbonsyklus i permafrostlandskap S. Kjær & N. Nedkvitne
- Significant underestimation of peatland permafrost along the Labrador Sea coastline in northern Canada Y. Wang et al.
- Imminent loss of climate space for permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia R. Fewster et al.
- Enhanced CO2 emissions driven by flooding in a simulation of palsa degradation M. Laurent et al.
- Increased nitrous oxide emissions from Arctic peatlands after permafrost thaw C. Voigt et al.
- Permafrost Peat Plateau on Sosnovets Island: Formation and Long-Term Stability (the White Sea, NW Russia) S. Kutenkov et al.
- Drivers of Holocene palsa distribution in North America R. Fewster et al.
- Late Holocene palsa formation in northern Fennoscandia: Fossil pollen indication and climatic trigger V. Jankovská et al.
- Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Susceptibility Assessment of Thaw Slumps Associated with Climate Change in the Hoh Xil Region, in the Hinterland of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau X. Fan et al.
- Contribution of Peatland Permafrost to Dissolved Organic Matter along a Thaw Gradient in North Siberia L. Gandois et al.
- The Spatial Analysis of Vegetation Cover and Permafrost Degradation for a Subarctic Palsa Mire Based on UAS Photogrammetry and GPR Data in the Kola Peninsula N. Krutskikh et al.
- Developing a new testate amoeba hydrological transfer function for permafrost peatlands of NW Siberia A. Halaś et al.
- Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink J. Loisel et al.
- Statistical modelling predicts almost complete loss of major periglacial processes in Northern Europe by 2100 J. Aalto et al.
- Detection of thermokarst landforms in the European Arctic region using Earth observation and Artificial Intelligence M. Vasile et al.
- Ground temperature and snow depth variability within a subarctic peat plateau landscape A. Sannel
- Lateral thermokarst patterns in permafrost peat plateaus in northern Norway L. Martin et al.
- Rapid warming and degradation of mountain permafrost in Norway and Iceland B. Etzelmüller et al.
- A review of carbon monitoring in wet carbon systems using remote sensing A. Campbell et al.
- Thaw processes in ice-rich permafrost landscapes represented with laterally coupled tiles in a land surface model K. Aas et al.
- Subfossil oribatid mite communities indicate Holocene permafrost dynamics in Canadian mires I. Markkula & P. Kuhry
- Wintertime production and storage of methane in thermokarst ponds of subarctic Norway A. Pismeniuk et al.
- Når permafrosten forsvinner: irreversibel landskapsendring J. Knutson
- Soil temperature regimes on the southern border of the zone of frozen bogs in Western Siberia D. Moskovchenko & A. Gubarkov
- Volatile organic compound release across a permafrost-affected peatland Y. Jiao et al.
- Carbon and microbes in a degrading palsa mire are distinct from a peatland and a wider connected sub-Arctic fluvial system N. Tuomela et al.
- Microbiogeochemical Traits to Identify Nitrogen Hotspots in Permafrost Regions C. Fiencke et al.
- Disappearing aapa mires and why we should care: unnoticed climate change exacerbates drainage effects on birds A. Fox & A. Lehikoinen
- The morpho-ecological state of palsa mires in sub-arctic Fennoscandia: insights from high-resolution spatial modelling O. Leppiniemi et al.
- Morphology and dynamics of thermokarst ponds in a subarctic permafrost peatland, northern Sweden F. Seemann & A. Sannel
- Indicator value of oribatid mites in determining past permafrost dynamics in northern European sub‐Arctic peatlands I. Markkula et al.
- Discrete ecological gradient in thermokarst ponds in a palsa mire in northern Norway E. Jabłońska et al.
- Emissions of atmospherically reactive gases nitrous acid and nitric oxide from Arctic permafrost peatlands H. Bhattarai et al.
- Microbial iron cycling during palsa hillslope collapse promotes greenhouse gas emissions before complete permafrost thaw M. Patzner et al.
- Multi-decadal degradation and fragmentation of palsas and peat plateaus in coastal Labrador, northeastern Canada Y. Wang et al.
- Permafrost Effect on the Spatial Distribution of CO2 Emission in the North of Western Siberia (Russia) O. Goncharova et al.
- Permafrost degradation alters the environmental signals recorded in tree-ring lignin methoxy group δ2H in northeastern China Y. Wang et al.
- Holocene development of subarctic permafrost peatlands in Finnmark, northern Norway S. Kjellman et al.
- Sub-arctic palsa degradation and the role of climatic drivers in the largest coherent palsa mire complex in Sweden (Vissátvuopmi), 1955–2016 M. Olvmo et al.
- The mid- and late Holocene palsa palaeoecology and hydroclimatic changes in Yenisei Siberia revealed by a high-resolution peat archive E. Novenko et al.
- The role of northern peatlands in the global carbon cycle for the 21st century C. Qiu et al.
- Top-of-permafrost ground ice indicated by remotely sensed late-season subsidence S. Zwieback & F. Meyer
- Hydrology controls thermokarst and alters carbon cycling and methane emissions in peatlands near the southern limit of permafrost I. Shirley et al.
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Short summary
Palsas and peat plateaus are permafrost landforms in subarctic mires which constitute sensitive ecosystems with strong significance for vegetation, wildlife, hydrology and carbon cycle. We have systematically mapped the occurrence of palsas and peat plateaus in northern Norway by interpretation of aerial images from the 1950s until today. The results show that about half of the area of palsas and peat plateaus has disappeared due to lateral erosion and melting of ground ice in the last 50 years.
Palsas and peat plateaus are permafrost landforms in subarctic mires which constitute sensitive...