Wildfire as a Driver of Permafrost Degradation in Boreal and Tundra Ecosystems of Alaska, Siberia and Northeast China: Implications for Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts.

Sergey S Marchenko1, Huijun Jin2, Xiaoying Jin3, Xiaoying Li4, Dongliang Luo5, Ruixia He4, Scott T Rupp6 and Vladimir E Romanovsky7, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)Harbin Institute of Technology, School of Civil Engineering, Harbin, China, (3)CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Lanzhou, China, (4)Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Lanzhou, China, (5)Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Lanzhou, China, (6)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Scenarios Network for Alaska & Arctic Planning, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (7)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States