Warming

Climate Change and Arctic Infrastructure

Author(s):: 
Arne Instanes, Oleg Anisimov
Publication year: 
2007

Several authors report that impacts of climate change on infrastructure in the Arctic are already evident. Damage to infrastructure and engineering structures in permafrost regions are often linked to observed increase in air temperature over the last 10 to 20 years. However, these reports do not show in detail how the change in air temperature may affect the active layer thickness and permafrost temperature at specific sites and for specific structures in the Arctic.

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