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Climate Mediated Changes in Permafrost and Their Effects on Natural and Human Environments

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Permafrost is one of the major sink of terrestrial carbon. However, the changing climate exerts an enormous pressure making the permafrost a potential source that can emit carbon to atmosphere. This review covers main concepts of permafrost and discuss in depth about the interactions between permafrost and other natural systems under the scenarios of climate change. The main attention focuses on the northern circumpolar where nearly 25% of the land mass is covered by continuous or discontinuous permafrost and is undergoing a tremendous change. Human reaction plays a crucial role in this race between carbon control and warming planet. Anthropogenic activities will thus be taken into consideration in this regard. The purpose of this work is to finally give a clear knowledge scheme on current situation of permafrost and its study frontier in terms of climate change and adaptive management. Future directions of related research will also be suggested.

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  1. Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada, H9X 3V9

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    Amitava Rakshit

  2. Institute of Environmental and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Purushothaman Chirakuzhyil Abhilash

  3. Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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Lin, M., Biswas, A. (2017). Climate Mediated Changes in Permafrost and Their Effects on Natural and Human Environments. In: Rakshit, A., Abhilash, P., Singh, H., Ghosh, S. (eds) Adaptive Soil Management : From Theory to Practices. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3638-5_22

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