Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century
Permafrost thaw poses a serious threat to the sustainable development of Arctic communities. Here the authors show that most fundamental Arctic infrastructure and population will be at high hazard risk, even if the Paris Agreement target is achieved.
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Main Authors: | Jan Hjort, Olli Karjalainen, Juha Aalto, Sebastian Westermann, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Frederick E. Nelson, Bernd Etzelmüller, Miska Luoto |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/bae16ccdf8e7467a83cc33aebafc4485 |
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