Variability in rates of coastal change along the Yukon coast, 1951 to 2015

AM Irrgang, H Lantuit, GK Manson… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Key Points Since the 1990s, parts of the Yukon coast are in a phase of enhanced shoreline
retreat Gravel features grew in areal extent since the 1950s and were largest in the latest …

Coastal erosion of permafrost soils along the Yukon Coastal Plain and fluxes of organic carbon to the Canadian Beaufort Sea

NJ Couture, A Irrgang, W Pollard… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing uncertainties about carbon cycling is important in the Arctic where rapid
environmental changes contribute to enhanced mobilization of carbon. Here we quantify soil …

Terrain controls on the occurrence of coastal retrogressive thaw slumps along the Yukon Coast, Canada

JL Ramage, AM Irrgang, U Herzschuh… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTSs) are among the most active landforms in the Arctic; their
number has increased significantly over the past decades. While processes initiating …

Impacts of past and future coastal changes on the Yukon coast—threats for cultural sites, infrastructure, and travel routes

AM Irrgang, H Lantuit, RR Gordon, A Piskor… - Arctic …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Yukon's Beaufort coast, Canada, is a highly dynamic landscape. Cultural sites,
infrastructure, and travel routes used by the local population are particularly vulnerable to …

Spatial impacts of climate change on periglacial environments

D Mercier, É Cossart - Spatial impacts of climate change, 2021 - books.google.com
Spatial impacts of climate change on periglacial environments Page 136 6 Spatial Impacts of
Climate Change on Periglacial Environments Denis MERCIER 1 and Étienne COSSART 2 1 …

Temporal and spatial dynamics of Arctic coastal changes and the resulting impacts: Yukon Territory, Canada

A Irrgang - 2018 - epic.awi.de
In the Arctic, temperatures are rising twice as fast as the global mean. Since most of the
terrestrial Arctic is underlain by permafrost it is particularly vulnerable to rising air …