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15 Jul 2022
Research article |
| 15 Jul 2022
| 15 Jul 2022
Accelerated mobilization of organic carbon from retrogressive thaw slumps on the northern Taymyr Peninsula
Philipp Bernhard
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Simon Zwieback
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
Irena Hajnsek
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Microwaves and Radar Institute, German Aerospace Center (DLR) e.V., 82234 Wessling, Germany
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Short summary
With climate change, Arctic hillslopes above ice-rich permafrost are vulnerable to enhanced carbon mobilization. In this work elevation change estimates generated from satellite observations reveal a substantial acceleration of carbon mobilization on the Taymyr Peninsula in Siberia between 2010 and 2021. The strong increase occurring in 2020 coincided with a severe Siberian heatwave and highlights that carbon mobilization can respond sharply and non-linearly to increasing temperatures.
With climate change, Arctic hillslopes above ice-rich permafrost are vulnerable to enhanced...
