New Insights Test our Fundamental Understanding of How Thermokarst Influences Permafrost Peatlands


Merritt R Turetsky1, Miriam Jones2, David Olefeldt3, Mark P Waldrop4, Eugenie Susanne Euskirchen5, Evan S Kane6, Thomas A Douglas7, Gustaf Hugelius8, Kristen Manies4, Colby Moorberg9 and Rebecca Bergquist Neumann10, (1)University of Guelph, Department of Integrative Biology, Guelph, ON, Canada, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, United States, (3)University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Moffett Field, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, United States, (6)Michigan Technological University, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Houghton, United States, (7)USA CRREL Alaska, Fort Wainwright, United States, (8)Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm, Sweden, (9)Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy, Manhattan, KS, United States, (10)University of Washington, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States