Open AccessGlobal forecast of the consequences of climate warming in the Northern hemisphere
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sibirskie issledovaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-7270
pISSN - 2658-7181
DOI - 10.33384/10333/26587270.2019.01.001e
Subject(s) - permafrost , global warming , arctic , defrosting , northern hemisphere , climatology , climate change , environmental science , the arctic , southern hemisphere , physical geography , geography , meteorology , oceanography , engineering , geology , mechanical engineering , air conditioning
An international team of researchers from Finland, Norway and the United States claims that nearly four million people and 70% of the existing permafrost infrastructure are in areas with high prospect of defrosting of its active layers by the middle of the 21st century as a result of climate warming. The authors declare that even achieving the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement will not significantly reduce the predicted effects. The data are available in the article «Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century» published in the journal «Nature Communications» on December 11, 2018.