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Multi-decadal degradation and persistence of permafrost in the Alaska Highway corridor, northwest Canada

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2013

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James, Megan, Lewkowicz, Antoni G., Smith, Sharon L., and Miceli, Christina M., 2013, Multi-decadal degradation and persistence of permafrost in the Alaska Highway corridor, northwest Canada: Environmental Research Letters, v. 8, no. 4, p. 045013-045013.

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Changes in permafrost distribution in the southern discontinuous zone were evaluated by repeating a 1964 survey through part of the Alaska Highway corridor (56 degrees N-61 degrees N) in northwest Canada. A total of 55 sites from the original survey in northern British Columbia and southern Yukon were located using archival maps and photographs. Probing for frozen ground, manual excavations, air and ground temperature monitoring, borehole drilling and geophysical techniques were used to gather information on present-day permafrost and climatic conditions. Mean annual air temperatures have increased by 1.5-2.0 degrees C since the mid-1970s and significant degradation of permafrost has occurred. Almost half of the permafrost sites along [...]

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