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Glacial isostatic adjustment reduces past and future Arctic subsea permafrost

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  • Roger C. Creel

    (Columbia University
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Frederieke Miesner

    (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research)

  • Stiig Wilkenskjeld

    (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology)

  • Jacqueline Austermann

    (Columbia University)

  • Pier Paul Overduin

    (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research)

Abstract

Sea-level rise submerges terrestrial permafrost in the Arctic, turning it into subsea permafrost. Subsea permafrost underlies ~ 1.8 million km2 of Arctic continental shelf, with thicknesses in places exceeding 700 m. Sea-level variations over glacial-interglacial cycles control subsea permafrost distribution and thickness, yet no permafrost model has accounted for glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), which deviates local sea level from the global mean due to changes in ice and ocean loading. Here we incorporate GIA into a pan-Arctic model of subsea permafrost over the last 400,000 years. Including GIA significantly reduces present-day subsea permafrost thickness, chiefly because of hydro-isostatic effects as well as deformation related to Northern Hemisphere ice sheets. Additionally, we extend the simulation 1000 years into the future for emissions scenarios outlined in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report. We find that subsea permafrost is preserved under a low emissions scenario but mostly disappears under a high emissions scenario.

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  • Roger C. Creel & Frederieke Miesner & Stiig Wilkenskjeld & Jacqueline Austermann & Pier Paul Overduin, 2024. "Glacial isostatic adjustment reduces past and future Arctic subsea permafrost," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-45906-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45906-8
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