Projections of surface air temperature required to sustain permafrost and importance of adaptation to climate change in the Daisetsu Mountains, Japan

Abstract Permafrost is known to occur in high mountainous areas such as the Daisetsu Mountains in Japan, which are located at the southernmost limit of the permafrost distribution in the world. In this study, areas with climatic conditions suitable for sustaining permafrost in the Daisetsu Mountains...

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Main Authors: Tokuta Yokohata, Go Iwahana, Toshio Sone, Kazuyuki Saito, Noriko N. Ishizaki, Takahiro Kubo, Hiroyuki Oguma, Masao Uchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94222-4