Amongst the Polygons

exploring a permafrost field site Jago River, Alaska

The capillaries of the Arctic hydrologic system are expanding through the degradation of ice-rich permafrost.

Little is known about the extent, expansion rate, and role of the developing connected ice-wedge trough network at watershed-scale in increasing lateral carbon and water export and, even less so, pan-Arctic fluxes.

Has the new or expanded capillary drainage network become so extensive across the Arctic tundra that it has resulted in increased river runoff and dissolved organic carbon export?

See more in the StoryMap.