Ice wedge degradation: Why Arctic lowlands are becoming wetter and drier
Ice wedge degradation: Why Arctic lowlands are becoming wetter and drier
Anna K Liljedahl1, Julia Boike2, Ronald P Daanen3, Aleksandr N Fedorov4, Gerald V Frost Jr5, Guido Grosse6, Larry D Hinzman7, Yoshihiro Iijima8, Janet C Jorgenson9, Nadya Matveyeva10, Marius Necsoiu11, Martha K Raynolds12, Vladimir E Romanovsky13, Jörg Schulla14, Ken D Tape7, Donald A Walker15, Cathy Jean Wilson16 and Hironori Yabuki17, (1)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (2)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (3)DGGS, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia, (5)University of Virginia Main Campus, Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (6)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Permafrost Research Section, Potsdam, Germany, (7)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (8)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka-city, Japan, (9)Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (10)Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, (11)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (12)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (13)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (14)Self Employed, Zurich, Switzerland, (15)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Geobotany Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (16)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (17)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama-city, Japan