Drivers, dynamics and impacts of changing Arctic coasts

AM Irrgang, M Bendixen, LM Farquharson… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Arctic coasts are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and
the loss of permafrost, sea ice and glaciers. Assessing the influence of anthropogenic …

Defrosting northern catchments: Fluvial effects of permafrost degradation

N Tananaev, E Lotsari - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the potential response of fluvial processes and landforms to the
projected permafrost degradation and related hydrological change. Fluvial system structure …

Citizen science for monitoring seasonal-scale beach erosion and behaviour with aerial drones

N Pucino, DM Kennedy, RC Carvalho, B Allan… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Sandy beaches are highly dynamic systems which provide natural protection from the
impact of waves to coastal communities. With coastal erosion hazards predicted to increase …

Trends in satellite Earth observation for permafrost related analyses—A review

M Philipp, A Dietz, S Buchelt, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change and associated Arctic amplification cause a degradation of permafrost
which in turn has major implications for the environment. The potential turnover of frozen …

Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada)

R Tanguy, D Whalen, G Prates, G Vieira - Arctic Science, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
As the Arctic is warming, permafrost coasts are eroding faster, threatening coastal
communities, habitats, and altering sediment and nutrient budgets. The western Canadian …

Global application of an unoccupied aerial vehicle photogrammetry protocol for predicting aboveground biomass in non‐forest ecosystems

AM Cunliffe, K Anderson, F Boschetti… - Remote Sensing in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐forest ecosystems, dominated by shrubs, grasses and herbaceous plants, provide
ecosystem services including carbon sequestration and forage for grazing, and are highly …

Mechanisms, volumetric assessment, and prognosis for rapid coastal erosion of Tuktoyaktuk Island, an important natural barrier for the harbour and community

D Whalen, DL Forbes, V Kostylev, M Lim… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
The coastline of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) in the Mackenzie–Beaufort region of
the western Canadian Arctic is characterised by rapid erosion of ice-bonded sediments with …

Nearshore zone dynamics determine pathway of organic carbon from eroding permafrost coasts

D Jong, L Bröder, G Tanski, M Fritz… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Collapse of permafrost coasts delivers large quantities of particulate organic carbon (POC)
to Arctic coastal areas. With rapidly changing environmental conditions, sediment and …

Permafrost Carbon and CO2 Pathways Differ at Contrasting Coastal Erosion Sites in the Canadian Arctic

G Tanski, L Bröder, D Wagner, C Knoblauch… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Warming air and sea temperatures, longer open-water seasons and sea-level rise
collectively promote the erosion of permafrost coasts in the Arctic, which profoundly impacts …

Summer litter decomposition is moderated by scale‐dependent microenvironmental variation in tundra ecosystems

EC Gallois, IH Myers‐Smith, GN Daskalova, JT Kerby… - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tundra soils are one of the world's largest organic carbon stores, yet this carbon is
vulnerable to accelerated decomposition as climate warming progresses. The landscape …