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SUBMITTER: Hjort J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6289964 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hjort Jan J Karjalainen Olli O Aalto Juha J Westermann Sebastian S Romanovsky Vladimir E VE Nelson Frederick E FE Etzelmüller Bernd B Luoto Miska M
Nature communications 20181211 1
Degradation of near-surface permafrost can pose a serious threat to the utilization of natural resources, and to the sustainable development of Arctic communities. Here we identify at unprecedentedly high spatial resolution infrastructure hazard areas in the Northern Hemisphere's permafrost regions under projected climatic changes and quantify fundamental engineering structures at risk by 2050. We show that nearly four million people and 70% of current infrastructure in the permafrost domain are ...[more]