Unprecedented permafrost thaw dynamics on a decadal time scale: Batagay mega thaw slump development, Yana Uplands, Yakutia, Russia

Frank Günther, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Guido Grosse, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany, Benjamin M Jones, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States, Lutz Schirrmeister, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Periglacial Research Unit, Potsdam, Germany, Vladimir E Romanovsky, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Viktor Kunitsky, Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia