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 …

Abstract Quantarctica (https://www. npolar. no/quantarctica) is a geospatial data package,
analysis environment, and visualization platform for the Antarctic Continent, Southern Ocean …

Abstract Ice-free areas occupy< 0.5% of Antarctica and are unevenly distributed across the
continent. Terrestrial ecosystem dynamics in ice free areas are strongly influenced by …

More than 80% of studies reporting the area on Earth underlain by permafrost refer to the
extent of the permafrost region, which accounts for around 21 million km2 (22% of the …

Thermokarst lakes are potentially important sources of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide
(CO2). However, considerable uncertainty exists regarding carbon emissions from …

The CryoGrid community model is a flexible toolbox for simulating the ground thermal
regime and the ice–water balance for permafrost and glaciers, extending a well-established …

In the second half of the 20th century, the western Antarctic Peninsula recorded the highest
mean annual air temperature rise in the Antarctic. The South Shetland Islands are located …

This study presents a mathematical model of heat and mass transfer for modelling the
formation and evolution of taliks in the upper subsurface of the Larsemann Hills in East …

The absence of vegetation in most ice‐free areas of Antarctica makes the soil surface very
sensitive to atmosphere dynamics, especially in the western sector of the Antarctic …

Several studies identified heterogeneous glacier mass changes in western High Mountain
Asia over the last decades. Causes for these mass change patterns are still not fully …