11.24 | Talk | 1 pm (GMT +4) | Cryosphere Pavilion Find out more Permafrost and well-being in the Arctic By Fabian Seemann, AWI permafrost researcher | 18.11.24 | Talk | 4pm (GMT+4) | Cryosphere Pavilion [...] Fossil CO2 emissions reach record high Find out more Interactive permafrost map On this map you can see how certain climate and permafrost characteristics have evolved since the year 1800. Find out more [...] each CH 4 molecule has 27 times the climate impact of a CO 2 molecule," says Lona van Delden, permafrost researcher at AWI. And more and more methane is emitted into the atmosphere. For example, from

Permafrost
Lakes in the northernmost latitudes are widely considered to be a significant source of the greenhouse gas methane. In order to improve currently available climate-change projection models

strongly. 2.7 CryoGrid 3 Xice – a simple representation of permafrost thaw processes in ice-rich permafrost Excess ground-ice melt: in many permafrost landscapes, ground layers super-saturated with ice occur [...] n CryoGrid 3 Xice -- a simple representation of permafrost thaw processes in ice-rich permafrost Study area The Lena River delta The Samoylov permafrost observatory CryoGrid 3 runs for the Lena River delta [...] phenomena in fu- ture projections of permafrost thaw and subsequent climatic- triggered feedbacks. In this study, we present a new land- surface scheme designed for permafrost applications, Cryo- Grid 3, which

in the Arctic are no longer just the domain of scientists. The shrinking sea ice and collapsing permafrost coasts are now also becoming topics on the agenda of international politics and industry. To be

emissions of the greenhouse gases methane and nitrogen so high outside the vegetation periods in permafrost regions? How do the carbon and nitrogen cycles and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions differ

quantity of heat stored on land, showing the distribution of land heat among the continental ground, permafrost soils, and inland water bodies. The calculations, published in Earth System Dynamics , show that

Climate and Vegetation
The Siberian permafrost regions include those areas of the Earth, which heat up very quickly in the course of climate change. Nevertheless, biologists are currently observing

nations. Find out more Ice Climate Arctic Permafrost The cold regions of our planet are home to massive areas in which the ground is permeated by frost: permafrost soil. However, climate change is steadily [...] steadily reducing the scope and scale of the permafrost – with a host of grave consequences. Find out more Sea Arctic Antarctic North Sea Marine plastic debris Even in the most remote parts of the ocean, like

ground surface conditions is crucial for monitoring the thermal state of permafrost and dynamics in active layer thickness. Permafrost degradation affects ecosystems, communities and industrial sites in large [...] the evolution of permafrost under these conditions is of great importance. Due to an often-prevailing harsh climate in these vast areas, observational data sets are sparse. Permafrost itself is a sub-surface [...] which seasonal snow cover has on the ground surface, strongly affects the permafrost’s thermal regime and active 1Permafrost is defined as any material beneath the ground surface that remains frozen for

2016]. Methodology The study area close to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska lies within the zone of continuous permafrost and is char- acterized by high ground ice contents. The landscape displays vast natural and hu [...] Westermann, J. Boike, G. Kirillin, G. Grosse, S. Peng & G. Krinner [2016]: Rapid de- gradation of permafrost underneath waterbodies in tundra landscapes – Toward a representation of thermokarst in land surface