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Session Proposal: Changing Permafrost Landscapes (AGU25)

EP006
Changing Permafrost Landscapes

Session ID#: 256837

Session Description:
Permafrost underlies a large portion of Earth’s surface in high latitude and high altitude landscapes. Landscape change in these regions has significant implications for terrestrial and nearshore marine environments, infrastructure, communities, and possibly Earth’s climate. Permafrost exerts a strong control on landscape dynamics, various geomorphic processes, and a variety of physical feedback mechanisms across a range of spatial and temporal scales. However, the details of how permafrost specifically influences geomorphic processes from the local to landscape scale are not well constrained. Furthermore, the effects of changing environmental drivers on permafrost, landscapes, and coupled future trajectories are difficult to predict. This session aims to bring together researchers focusing on changing permafrost landscapes to understand how permafrost, landscapes, and the feedbacks that shape them are responding to a changing climate. We welcome contributions studying permafrost landscapes via field observations, remote sensing, experimental, and modeling techniques.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • C - Cryosphere
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

0702 Permafrost [CRYOSPHERE]
1823 Frozen ground [HYDROLOGY]
1824 Geomorphology: general [HYDROLOGY]
1855 Remote sensing [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Anastasia Piliouras, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Anastasia Piliouras, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park, PA, United States and Marisa Nicole Repasch, University of New Mexico, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, United States
 
Marine transgression during glacial inception drives the formation of saline permafrost in Arctic Alaska (Invited) (1851260)
Roger Creel1,2, Benjamin M Jones3, Allie Balter-Kennedy4, Julia Guimond5, Mikhail Z Kanevskiy3, Sarah Shackleton6, Mr. Phillip Raymond Raymond Wilson7, Paul Overduin8, Andy Parsekian9, Burke J Minsley10, Otillia Steadman11 and Julie Brigham-Grette12, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States, (2)Texas A& M University, Geology and Geophysics, College Station, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (5)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, United States, (6)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (7)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering, Palmer, United States, (8)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (9)University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, United States, (10)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, United States, (11)CUNY City College of New York, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, United States, (12)Univ Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States
 
Cool fans: Morphology and sediment transport processes of Arctic fans, Aklavik and Canyon Ranges, NWT, Canada (1856615)
Shanti Bhattacharya Penprase1, India Jones1, Alexander Getraer2, Bailey Nordin1, Maia Stewart1, Justin Vincent Strauss1 and Marisa C Palucis1, (1)Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences, Hanover, United States, (2)Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences, Hanover, NH, United States
 
Variability in Permafrost Sensitivity to Climate Along an Interior Alaska Transect (1859903)
Joel Eklof, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States, Baptiste Dafflon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Jing Tao, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, United States, Katie Ring, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States, Marie English, University of Vermont, Burlington, United States, Mark P Waldrop, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Menlo Park, United States and Rebecca Bergquist Neumann, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
 
Exploring how river ice impacts formative discharge in permafrost rivers (Invited) (1861671)
Josie Arcuri, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States; Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States, David Florian Vetsch, ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland and Irina Overeem, University of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States
 
Experimental Insights into Freeze-Thaw Effects on Fine-Grained Sediment Rheology Under Thermokarst Development (1862362)
Lucille Baker-Stahl1, Brandee Carlson2, Behrooz Ferdowsi3, Karan Adhikari3, Brandt Bechtel4, Larissa Schwindack4 and Morgann Farley4, (1)University of Houston, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, United States, (2)University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, United States, (3)University of Houston, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, United States, (4)University of Houston, Houston, United States
 
Modeled Subsidence of Permafrost Terrain 2025-2050; North-Central Alaska (1870078)
Jaakko Putkonen1, Hayden Patterson2, Robert Chance2, Mary Soaper3 and Timothy Pasch4, (1)New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, United States, (2)University of North Dakota, Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, Grand Forks, ND, United States, (3)University of North Dakota, Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, Grand Forks, United States, (4)The University of North Dakota, Department of Communication, Grand Forks, United States
 
Characterizing Rock Glacier Dynamics and Ground Thermal Regime in the Central Alaska Range (1876538)
Kaytan Kelkar1, Louise Melanie Farquharson1, Simon Zwieback2, Margaret M. Darrow3, Dmitry Nicolsky4, Kenji Yoshikawa1 and Emily Jo Graves2, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory, Fairbanks, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (3)University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering, Fairbanks, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory, Fairbanks, AK, United States
 
Permafrost Thaw Effects and Climate Drivers of Landslide Behavior in the Central Alaska Range, Alaska, USA (1887475)
Kyra Bornong, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Louise Melanie Farquharson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory, Fairbanks, United States, Arthur Bayle, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LECA, Grenoble, France, Franz Josef Meyer, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Simon Zwieback, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States and Markus Stoffel, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
 
Shifting baseflow trends across permafrost regions of the pan-Arctic (1896158)
Sarah G. Evans, Appalachian State University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Boone, NC, United States and Ylva Sjöberg, Umeå University, Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience, Umeå, Sweden
 
The role of permafrost warming and extreme precipitation events on post-failure deep seated landslide movement in the Central Alaska Range (1904688)
Louise Melanie Farquharson, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, Benjamin Gaglioti, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Daniel H Mann, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, Kyra Bornong, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Denny Capps, National Park Service, Denver, United States and Haley Williams, National Park Service Denali Park, Denali Park, United States
 
Shifting Seasonality in the Arctic: Evaluating Discharge Trends and Spring Freshet Timing in Five Major Rivers (1910684)
Nya Lumbert, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Elizabeth Tofte, Pennsylvania State University University Park, University Park, PA, UNITED STATES and Anastasia Piliouras, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park, PA, United States
 
Widespread subsidence in south-central Tibet caused by excess ice loss from permafrost observed by InSAR (1914731)
Chuxuan Li, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Gilles Peltzer, University of California Los Angeles, Earth Planetary and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States; California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Seulgi Moon, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Robert Wayne Zinke, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States
 
Identifying Drivers of Variable Ice-Wedge Permafrost Thaw in Arctic Alaska (1914989)
Katherine Braun1, Jacob A May1, Cayley Weiss2, Simone Schneider3, Matteo Franke4 and Christian G Andresen1, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Geography, Madison, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States, (3)Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, Washington, United States, (4)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
 
A Circumpolar Map of Retrogressive Thaw Slump Susceptibility (1916917)
Heidi Rodenhizer1, Eirini Makopoulou2, Yili Yang1 and Brendan M Rogers1, (1)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (2)University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
 
Mapping Ice Wedge Degradation Stages in the North Slope of Alaska Over 75 Years (1918574)
Matteo Franke, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Katie Braun, University of Wisconsin Madison, Geography, Madison, United States and Christian G Andresen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
 
How does arctic lake morphology control freeze-thaw timing? (1923596)
Alexander Nguyen1, Cesar Lopez1, Jennifer Melara-Valle1, Isabel Lopez1, Eliza Ross2, Alexander S Bradley1, Maggie Limbeck1, Claire C Masteller3 and Roger J Michaelides1, (1)Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States, (2)Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geophysics, Golden, United States, (3)Washington University in St. Louis, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States
 
Rock Glacier Motion and Subsurface Ice Structure in the Dry Andes of San Juan Province, Argentina (1934447)
Michael C Powers, University of Delaware, Department of Earth Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, Michael A. O'Neal, University of Delaware, Department of Earth Sciences, Newark, United States and Andres Meglioli, Mountain Pass LLC, Parker, CO, United States
 
Declined Sensitivity of Cold-season River Discharge to Water Storage Induced by Permafrost Thaw (1938746)
Huiru Jiang1, Yonghong Yi1, Deliang Chen2, Joseph Awange3, John Kimball4 and Brendan M Rogers5, (1)Tongji University, College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Shanghai, China, (2)Tsinghua University, Department of Earth System Science, Beijing, China, (3)Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, (4)University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, Missoula, United States, (5)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States
 
Constraining the Timing of Primary Loess Deposition and Geomorphic Processes along a Permafrost-Rich Hillslope in Interior Alaska, USA (1938961)
Ms. Zena V Robert, MS, Montana State University, Earth Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States, Jean Dixon, Montana State University, Earth Sciences, Bozeman, United States, Stephanie A Ewing, Montana State University, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, United States, Louise Melanie Farquharson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory, Fairbanks, United States and David B McWethy, Montana State University, Department of Earth Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States
 
Investigating Permafrost Landscape Dynamics Using Remotely Sensed Vegetation Phenology (1940854)
Emraul Islam Emon1, Afia Mubassira Islam1, Christopher Ball1, Joel T Johnson1, Vasit Sagan2, Sahin Ozdemir3, Tugce Baser4 and Go Iwahana5, (1)The Ohio State University, ElectroScience Laboratory, Columbus, United States, (2)Saint Louis University, Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Earth, Environmental and Geospatial Science, St. Louis, United States, (3)Saint Louis University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Saint Louis, United States, (4)Saint Louis University, Department of Civil Engineering, Saint Louis, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, United States
 
Physics Based Modelling for Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) of Permafrost in the Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Domain (1941783)
Afia Mubassira Islam1, Emraul Islam Emon1, Christopher Ball1, Joel T Johnson1, MD Mashfiqur Rahman2, Dipika Mandal2, Tawanda Zimudzi3, Michael Lanagan2, Sahin Ozdemir4, Vasit Sagan5, Tugce Baser6 and Go Iwahana7, (1)The Ohio State University, ElectroScience Laboratory, Columbus, United States, (2)The Pennsylvania State University, Engineering Science and Mechanics, University Park, United States, (3)Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States, (4)Saint Louis University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Saint Louis, United States, (5)Saint Louis University, Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Earth, Environmental and Geospatial Science, St. Louis, United States, (6)Saint Louis University, Department of Civil Engineering, Saint Louis, United States, (7)University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, United States
 
Distribution of retrogressive thaw slumps in the north of West Siberia (1942345)
Ilia Tarasevich, University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, Nina Nesterova, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Permafrost Research Section, Potsdam, Germany; University of Potsdam, Institute of Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, Alexander I. Kizyakov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Cryolithology and Glaciology Department, Moscow, Russia and Marina Leibman, Earth Cryosphere Institute TSC SB RAS, Tyumen, Russia
 
Tree-Ring Evidence for Intensifying Negative Impacts of Permafrost Thaw on Northern Forest (1947408)
Yao Jiang and Yaping Chen, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
 
Seasonality of Suspended Sediment Transport Processes in the Lower Noatak River (1947557)
Nynaeve Phillipson, Pennsylvania State University University Park, State College, PA, UNITED STATES, Anastasia Piliouras, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park, PA, United States, Xiwei Guo, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States and Benjamin T Crosby, Idaho State University, Department of Geosciences, Pocatello, United States
 
Quantifying Drivers of Permafrost Thaw in Post-Wildfire Environments with InSAR (1949474)
Eliza Ross1, Roger J Michaelides2, Alexander Nguyen2, Tyler Meng3, Mark J Lara4 and Duncan Anderson5, (1)Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geophysics, Golden, United States, (2)Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States, (3)Washington University in St Louis, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Plant Biology, Urbana, United States, (5)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Geography and GIS, Urbana, United States
 
River Discharge and Permafrost Dynamics in High Arctic Greenland (1957697)
Eric S Klein1, Logan Wieland1,2, Cameron Kuhle1,2, Kynan Hughson3, Kaylen Hall1, Aqqalualiit Broberg4 and Tracy Wirak5, (1)University of Alaska Anchorage, Geological Sciences, Anchorage, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geosciences, Fairbanks, United States, (3)University of New Brunswick, Earth Sciences, Fredericton, NB, Canada, (4)Ilisimatusarfik Kalaallit Nunaat - University of Greenland, SILA-Biological Sciences, Nuuk, Greenland, (5)Takshanuk Watershed Council, Haines, United States
 
Quantifying permafrost gully erosion and sediment deposition near Kotzebue, Alaska (1978157)
Colin Baciocco1, Dr. Madison Douglas1, Fan Liu2, Tianran Zhang1 and Gen Li2, (1)University of California, Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States, (2)University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Earth Science, Santa Barbara, United States
 
Mapping active-layer thickness in Northslope, Alaska from 6 years of InSAR timeseries (1985056)
Rishabh Dutta, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, United States and Jeremy Maurer, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Rolla, MO, United States
 
Pathways and Fluxes of Organic Carbon Across the Fluvial-Marine Transition of the Mackenzie River Delta-southern Beaufort Sea and Implications on Ocean Color Remote Sensing (1988489)
Annabeth McCall1, Martin Hieronymi2, Paul Overduin1, Guido Grosse1, Lisa Bröder3, Julie Lattaud4 and Bennet Juhls1, (1)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon, Geestacht, Germany, (3)ETH Zurich, Department of Earth Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland, (4)Stockholm University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden