Evidence of Ecosystem Tipping Point on St. Lawrence Island: Widespread Lake Drainage Events After 2018

Abstract Influenced by climate change, numerous lakes in permafrost regions are draining, showing significant spatial variability. This study focuses on St. Lawrence Island, where over the last two decades, 771 of 3,271 lakes have drained—a rate around 40 times higher than across the entire northern...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	Aobo Liu, Xiao Cheng, Chengxin Wang, Yating Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2024-08-01
Subjects:	lake drainage thermokarst ecosystem tipping point climatic driver st. lawrence island
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110161