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The Impact of Catastrophic Forest Fires of 2021 on the Light Soils in Central Yakutia

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  • Alexey Desyatkin

    (Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Yakutsk 677980, Russia
    Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Yakutsk 677010, Russia)

  • Matrena Okoneshnikova

    (Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Yakutsk 677980, Russia)

  • Pavel Fedorov

    (Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Yakutsk 677980, Russia)

  • Alexandra Ivanova

    (Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Yakutsk 677980, Russia)

  • Nikolay Filippov

    (Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Yakutsk 677980, Russia)

  • Roman Desyatkin

    (Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Yakutsk 677980, Russia)

Abstract

This paper presents the results of studying changes in the main parameters and properties of soils in larch and pine forests growing on sandy soils of the Lena-Vilyui interfluve of Central Yakutia, where catastrophic forest fires occurred in 2021. According to the remote monitoring information system of Rosleskhoz, in 2021, almost 8.5 million hectares of forests burned in Yakutia, which is considered as one of the largest forest fires in Russia and in the world in that year. After the fire passes through the forest floor, the content of organic matter decreases as a result of combustion processes. The acidity of the soil changes towards its alkalization due to the entry of combustion products. Changes in soil profiles occur; turbation processes begin more intensively, which in turn change the natural distribution of soil indicator values such as the organic carbon content, the pH, and the number of exchangeable bases. Due to the sharp increase in heat supply after a fire, the depth of seasonal thawing in the soils of burnt larch forests increases by a quarter and by twofold in pine forests. With the beginning of the thawing of the seasonally frozen layer, all the soils experience waterlogging, and ground water occurs above the permafrost.

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  • Alexey Desyatkin & Matrena Okoneshnikova & Pavel Fedorov & Alexandra Ivanova & Nikolay Filippov & Roman Desyatkin, 2024. "The Impact of Catastrophic Forest Fires of 2021 on the Light Soils in Central Yakutia," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-16, July.
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