期刊
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
卷 230, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104042
关键词
Permafrost degradation; Arctic; Third Pole; Tibetan Plateau; Climate warming; Active-layer thickness; Mean annual ground temperature; Geohazard
资金
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [XDA19070204, XDA20100102]
- Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) [42161025, U21A2006, 41771068]
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the CAS [2019QZKK0208]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018460]
- China Scholarship Council [2020YFA0608501]
- Swedish STINT [201904910442]
- U.S. National Science Foundation [CH2019-8377, CH2020-8799]
- [OPP 1820883]
Permafrost degradation poses serious threats to natural and human systems. This comprehensive study compares the characteristics of permafrost and its climate and ecoenvironment between the Arctic and Tibetan Plateau. It also examines the potential consequences associated with permafrost degradation and explores the connections between the two regions through land-ocean-atmosphere interactions.
Permafrost degradation poses serious threats to both natural and human systems through its influence on ecological-hydrological processes, infrastructure stability, and the climate system. The Arctic and the Third Pole (Tibetan Plateau, TP hereafter) are the two northern regions on Earth with the most extensive permafrost areas. However, there is a lack of systematic comparisons of permafrost characteristics and its climate and ecoenvironment between these two regions and their susceptibility to disturbances. This study provides a comprehensive review of the climate, ecosystem characteristics, ground temperature, permafrost extent, and active-layer thickness, as well as the past and future changes in permafrost in the Arctic and the TP. The potential consequences associated with permafrost degradation are also examined. Lastly, possible connections between the two regions through land-ocean-atmosphere interactions are explored. Both regions have experienced dramatic warming in recent decades, characterized by Arctic amplification and elevation-dependent warming on the TP. Permafrost temperatures have increased more rapidly in the Arctic than on the TP, and will likely be reinforced under a future high emission scenario. Near-surface permafrost extents are projected to shrink in both regions in the coming decades, with a more dramatic decline in the TP. The active layer on the TP is thicker and has substantially deepened, and is projected to thicken more than in the Arctic. Widespread permafrost degradation increases geohazard risk and has already wielded considerable effects on the human and natural systems. Permafrost changes have also exerted a pronounced impact on the climate system through changes in permafrost carbon and land-atmosphere interactions. Future research should involve comparative studies of permafrost dynamics in both regions that integrate long-term observations, high-resolution satellite measurements, and advanced Earth System models, with emphasis on linkages between the two regions.
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