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Where can I learn about permafrost and climate change?
Last updated 01 January 2006
Originally answered 28 February 2001
Full Question
Where can I learn about permafrost and climate change?
Answer
The best starting point is Chapter 6 (Cryosphere and Hydrology) [PDF] of the the 1042-page scientific report of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, published in November 2005. See especially section 6 of Chapter 6, as it specifically focuses on permafrost.
Other sources of information:
- Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Report by Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Chapter 16 of the report is on Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic) and includes a section on permafrost.
- The Alaska portion of the US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change.
- Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts
- The National Snow and Ice Data Center
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