Open AccessOrganic Matter in Arctic River Shows Permafrost Thaw
Author(s) -
David Shultz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo142294
Subject(s) - permafrost , arctic , organic matter , environmental science , physical geography , hydrology (agriculture) , the arctic , earth science , geology , oceanography , geography , geotechnical engineering , ecology , biology
Samples from two waterways in northern Siberia—the main stem of the Kolyma River and a headwater stream in the river’s watershed—indicate the differing sources and ages of carbon they contain.