{"id":1853,"date":"2014-06-04T17:16:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T22:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2014-06-04T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T22:16:31","slug":"new-arctic-permafrost-wont-last-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/new-arctic-permafrost-wont-last-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Arctic permafrost won\u2019t last<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1854\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Overhead-View1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1854\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1854\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Overhead-View1.jpg\" alt=\"As Twelvemile Lake in Alaska (pictured here) continues to shrink, new permafrost is forming at its edges, especially in places where willow trees change the soil moisture content. However, computer models predict that this new permafrost won\u2019t outlast the century. (Photo credit: Martin Briggs)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Overhead-View1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Overhead-View1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As Twelvemile Lake in Alaska (pictured here) continues to shrink, new permafrost is forming at its edges, especially in places where willow trees change the soil moisture content. However, computer models predict that this new permafrost won\u2019t outlast the century. (Photo credit: Martin Briggs)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As Arctic lakes shrink, new permafrost develops around them, but according to a new study it\u2019s not expected to last the century. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Researchers looked at a retreating lake in Alaska and saw new permafrost had formed along the old lakebed in areas where willow trees had altered the soil\u2019s moisture and heat content. The new permafrost can prevent water from flowing out of the lake and reduce its rate of shrinking, but it\u2019s not as deep as older permafrost further from the lakes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Computer models predict that rising air temperatures will melt the new permafrost within 70 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.wiley.com\/PressRelease\/110915\/GRL_Permafrost_IR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Original research paper<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0published in the the journal\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Geophysical Research Letters<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>March 7, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jeff McKenzie, McGill University, Quebec<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Martin Briggs, U.S. Geological Survey<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Arctic lakes shrink, new permafrost develops around them, but according to a new study it\u2019s not expected to last the century. Researchers looked at a retreating lake in Alaska and saw new permafrost had formed along the old lakebed in areas where willow trees had altered the soil\u2019s moisture and heat content. 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