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Recent Arctic tundra fire initiates widespread thermokarst development

Fire-induced permafrost degradation is well documented in boreal forests, but the role of fires in initiating thermokarst development in Arctic tundra is less well understood. Here we show that Arctic tundra fires may induce widespread thaw subsidence of permafrost terrain in the first seven years f...

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Autores principales: Jones, Benjamin M., Grosse, Guido, Arp, Christopher D., Miller, Eric, Liu, Lin, Hayes, Daniel J., Larsen, Christopher F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4625366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26511650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15865