##  [Rapid Transformation of Tundra Ecosystems From Ice-wedge Degradation](/resource/rapid-transformation-tundra-ecosystems-ice-wedge-degradation) 

Organization

[University of Alaska Fairbanks](/organization/university-alaska-fairbanks)

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service](/organization/us-fish-and-wildlife-service)

 

 

Resource Type

[Peer reviewed article](/taxonomy/term/37)

 

 

Author(s)

Mark Jorgenson

Mikhail Kanevskiy

Janet Jorgenson

Anna Liljedahl

Yuri Shur

Howard Epstein

Kelcy Kent

Claire Griffin

Ronald Daanen

Megan Boldenow

Kathleen Orndahl

Chandi Witharana

Benjamin Jones

 

 

Original Authors

Mark Jorgenson

Mikhail Kanevskiy

Janet Jorgenson

Anna Liljedahl

Yuri Shur

Howard Epstein

Kelcy Kent

Claire Griffin

Ronald Daanen

Megan Boldenow

Kathleen Orndahl

Chandi Witharana

Benjamin Jones

 

 

Resource Date:

September

2022

 

 

*This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all available knowledge pertaining to Boreal Caribou, Wetlands, and Land Management.*

Ice wedges are a common form of massive ground ice that typically occupy 10–30% of the volume of upper permafrost in the Arctic and are particularly vulnerable to thawing from climate warming. In assessing the patterns and rates of ice-wedge degradation in northeastern Alaska, this study found degradation was widespread and rapidly transforming the microtopography, hydrology, soils, ground ice, and vegetation of tundra ecosystems through a sequence of degradation and stabilization stages.