Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1753-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1753-2024
Research article
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15 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 15 Apr 2024

Modelling present and future rock wall permafrost distribution in the Sisimiut mountain area, West Greenland

Marco Marcer, Pierre-Allain Duvillard, Soňa Tomaškovičová, Steffen Ringsø Nielsen, André Revil, and Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen

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Dataset: Bedrock Permafrost in Sisimiut, West Greenland Marco Marcer et al. https://doi.org/10.11583/DTU.21215591.v1

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This study models present and future rock wall temperatures in the mountains near Sisimiut, creating knowledge on mountain permafrost in Greenland for the first time. Bedrock is mostly frozen but also has temperatures near 0 oC, making it very sensitive to climate changes. Future climatic scenarios indicate a reduction in frozen rock wall areas. Since mountain permafrost thaw is linked to an increase in landslides, these results call for more efforts addressing mountain permafrost in Greenland.