Rapid carbon loss and slow recovery following permafrost thaw in boreal peatlands

Effects of permafrost aggradation on peat properties as determined from a pan-Arctic synthesis of plant macrofossils

(2016) C. C. Treat et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Methane emission bursts from permafrost environments during autumn freeze-in: New insights from ground-penetrating radar

(2015) Norbert Pirk et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Long-term anoxia and release of ancient, labile carbon upon thaw of Pleistocene permafrost

(2015) Stephanie A. Ewing et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The hydrology of interconnected bog complexes in discontinuous permafrost terrains

(2015) R. F. Connon et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

(2015) E. A. G. Schuur et al.   NATURE

Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

(2015) Jenni Hultman et al.   NATURE

Cold season emissions dominate the Arctic tundra methane budget

(2015) Donatella Zona et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ancient low–molecular-weight organic acids in permafrost fuel rapid carbon dioxide production upon thaw

(2015) Travis W. Drake et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distribution of near-surface permafrost in Alaska: Estimates of present and future conditions

(2015) Neal J. Pastick et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Effect of permafrost thaw on CO2and CH4exchange in a western Alaska peatland chronosequence

(2014) Carmel E Johnston et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Temperature and peat type control CO2and CH4production in Alaskan permafrost peats

(2014) C. C. Treat et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A database and synthesis of northern peatland soil properties and Holocene carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2014) Julie Loisel et al.   HOLOCENE

A shift of thermokarst lakes from carbon sources to sinks during the Holocene epoch

(2014) K. M. Walter Anthony et al.   NATURE

Methane dynamics regulated by microbial community response to permafrost thaw

(2014) Carmody K. McCalley et al.   NATURE

Cryostratigraphy and Permafrost Evolution in the Lacustrine Lowlands of West-Central Alaska

(2014) Mikhail Kanevskiy et al.   PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES

Reorganization of vegetation, hydrology and soil carbon after permafrost degradation across heterogeneous boreal landscapes

(2013) M Torre Jorgenson et al.   Environmental Research Letters

High biolability of ancient permafrost carbon upon thaw

(2013) Jorien E. Vonk et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP

(2013) Paula J Reimer et al.   RADIOCARBON

A 2200-Year Record of Permafrost Dynamics and Carbon Cycling in a Collapse-Scar Bog, Interior Alaska

(2012) Miriam C. Jones et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Large methane emission upon spring thaw from natural wetlands in the northern permafrost region

(2012) Changchun Song et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Net carbon accumulation of a high-latitude permafrost palsa mire similar to permafrost-free peatlands

(2012) David Olefeldt et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

A frozen feast: thawing permafrost increases plant-available nitrogen in subarctic peatlands

(2012) Frida Keuper et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Peat accumulation in drained thermokarst lake basins in continuous, ice-rich permafrost, northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

(2012) Miriam C. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The Effects of Permafrost Thaw on Soil Hydrologic, Thermal, and Carbon Dynamics in an Alaskan Peatland

(2011) Jonathan A. O’Donnell et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw

(2011) Rachel Mackelprang et al.   NATURE

Permafrost carbon-climate feedbacks accelerate global warming

(2011) C. D. Koven et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Resilience and vulnerability of permafrost to climate changeThis article is one of a selection of papers from The Dynamics of Change in Alaska’s Boreal Forests: Resilience and Vulnerability in Response to Climate Warming.

(2010) M. Torre Jorgenson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

The effect of fire and permafrost interactions on soil carbon accumulation in an upland black spruce ecosystem of interior Alaska: implications for post-thaw carbon loss

(2010) JONATHAN A. O'DONNELL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Recent acceleration of biomass burning and carbon losses in Alaskan forests and peatlands

(2010) Merritt R. Turetsky et al.   Nature Geoscience

Decomposition of old organic matter as a result of deeper active layers in a snow depth manipulation experiment

(2010) Nicole S. Nowinski et al.   OECOLOGIA

Rapid deglacial and early Holocene expansion of peatlands in Alaska

(2010) M. C. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Soil organic carbon pools in the northern circumpolar permafrost region

(2009) C. Tarnocai et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Climate-vegetation-fire interactions and their impact on long-term carbon dynamics in a boreal peatland landscape in northern Manitoba, Canada

(2009) Philip Camill et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The effect of permafrost thaw on old carbon release and net carbon exchange from tundra

(2009) Edward A. G. Schuur et al.   NATURE

Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

(2008) Edward A. G. Schuur et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Dual-Core Mass-Balance Approach for Evaluating Mercury and210Pb Atmospheric Fallout and Focusing to Lakes

(2008) Peter C. Van Metre et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Radiocarbon evidence for the importance of surface vegetation on fermentation and methanogenesis in contrasting types of boreal peatlands

(2008) J. P. Chanton et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Large tundra methane burst during onset of freezing

(2008) Mikhail Mastepanov et al.   NATURE