This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) provides $473,772 to the University of Wyoming to conduct research on the impacts of warming saline permafrost in the Arctic. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year project include:
- Studying the spatial distribution and properties of saline permafrost in the region.
- Assessing how ice wedge formation and thaw in the Holocene have influenced the depth and distribution of near-surface saline permafrost.
- Determining the response of warming saline permafrost below shallow thermokarst lakes.
The primary research outcome will be establishing quantitative relationships between salinity, permafrost characteristics, and Arctic landscape change processes and rates. This research is intended to fill fundamental knowledge gaps in the evolution of Arctic permafrost landscapes and provide critical information for modeling future permafrost behavior under climate change.
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