The large amounts of soil organic matter (SOM) in permafrost-affected soils are prone to
increased microbial decomposition in a warming climate. The environmental parameters …

Climate change in Arctic ecosystems fosters permafrost thaw and makes massive amounts
of ancient soil organic carbon (OC) available to microbial breakdown. However, fractions of …

Microbial communities in soils are generally considered to be limited by carbon (C), which
could be a crucial control for basic soil functions and responses of microbial heterotrophic …

Due to climate warming, alpine ecosystems are changing rapidly. Ongoing upward
migrations of plants and thus an increase of easily decomposable substrates will strongly …

The physical and chemical consequences of massive ground ice (wedges) melt upon
permafrost thaw is one of the central issues of environmental research linked to climate …

Arctic tundra ecosystems are rapidly changing due to the amplified effects of global warming
within the northern high latitudes. Warming has the potential to increase the thawing of the …

Soil pore waters are a vital component of the ecosystem as they are efficient tracers of
mineral weathering, plant litter leaching, and nutrient uptake by vegetation. In the permafrost …

Despite the importance of future carbon (C) pools for policy and land management decisions
under various climate change scenarios, predictions of these pools under altered climate …

Permafrost thaw leads to thermokarst lake formation and talik growth tens of meters deep,
enabling microbial decomposition of formerly frozen organic matter (OM). We analyzed two …

Climate change is causing arctic regions to warm disproportionally faster than those at lower
latitudes, leading to alterations in carbon and nitrogen cycling, and potentially higher …