Warming-driven erosion and sediment transport in cold regions

T Zhang, D Li, AE East, DE Walling, S Lane… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid atmospheric warming since the mid-twentieth century has increased temperature-
dependent erosion and sediment-transport processes in cold environments, affecting food …

A review on bank retreat: Mechanisms, observations, and modeling

K Zhao, G Coco, Z Gong, SE Darby… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bank retreat plays a fundamental role in fluvial and estuarine dynamics. It affects the cross‐
sectional evolution of channels, provides a source of sediment, and modulates the diversity …

Large sinuous rivers are slowing down in a warming Arctic

A Ielpi, MGA Lapôtre, A Finotello… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Arctic regions are disproportionately affected by atmospheric warming, with cascading
effects on multiple surface processes. Atmospheric warming is destabilizing permafrost …

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 …

Fifty-year dynamics of the Lena River islands (Russia): Spatio-temporal pattern of large periglacial anabranching river and influence of climate change

E Gautier, T Dépret, J Cavero, F Costard… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Lena, a large river that drains the northern coldest region of the Northern Hemisphere,
is deeply influenced by the continuous permafrost and degradation of the frozen ground has …

Upland river planform morphodynamics and associated riverbank erosion: Insights from channel migration of the upper Yarlung Tsangpo river

Z Lin, Z Han, WU Hussan, Y Bai, C Wang - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
River meandering and lateral migration, caused by riverbank erosion, is a major global
threat to soil, sediment, lands, and habitats. However, compared to the densely populated …

Effects of river-ice breakup on sediment transport and implications to stream environments: A review

S Beltaos, BC Burrell - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the breakup of river ice covers, a greater potential for erosion occurs due to rising
discharge and moving ice and the highly dynamic waves that form upon ice-jam release …

Changes in river ice cover in the context of climate change and dam impacts: a review

M Fukś - Aquatic Sciences, 2023 - Springer
This article presents a review of previous studies on the impacts of climate change and the
operation of dam reservoirs on the characteristics of river ice cover. Based on a review of the …

Scale‐dependent influence of permafrost on riverbank erosion rates

JC Rowland, JP Schwenk, E Shelef… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Whether permafrost systematically alters the rate of riverbank erosion is a fundamental
geomorphic question with significant importance to infrastructure, water quality, and …

Assessing bank erosion hazards along large rivers in the Anthropocene: a geospatial framework from the St. Lawrence fluvial system

JF Bernier, L Chassiot, P Lajeunesse - Geomatics, Natural Hazards …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past decades, riparian land-use changes coupled to the multiplication of river
infrastructures have enhanced vulnerability issues for societies and ecosystems located …