Alaska LandCarbon Permafrost
High-latitude systems are experiencing climate change at faster rates than the rest of the globe. Warming temperatures could have dramatic effects on two important high-latitude ecological features: permafrost and soil organic thickness. Near-surface permafrost has a huge effect on surface and subsurface water flows and also sequesters carbon, which could become vulnerable to atmospheric emission with permafrost melting and degradation. A thick soil organic layer constitutes an important carbon stock and an important ecological driver: it insulates permafrost from warming effects and fav