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DOI | 10.1002/fee.2175 |
Recurring outburst floods from drained lakes: an emerging Arctic hazard | |
Christopher D Arp; Benjamin M Jones; Kenneth M Hinkel; Douglas L Kane; Matthew S Whitman; Richard Kemnitz | |
2020-02-27 | |
发表期刊 | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
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出版年 | 2020 |
英文摘要 | New development in regions with rapidly changing climates may experience unforeseen hazards. Thermokarst lakes (bodies of freshwater that collect in depressions formed by thawing permafrost) cover 20% of Arctic lowlands and are naturally prone to causing catastrophic flooding. Cumulative lake drainage over time has resulted in up to 60% landscape coverage by drained thermokarst lake basins (DTLBs). Although the impacts of lake drainage on ecosystems and infrastructure have long been considered a potential hazard, these occurrences are usually viewed as one‐time events. However, recent observations in northern Alaska highlight a previously unrecognized threat: annually recurring snow‐dam outburst floods from DTLBs. Each winter, blowing snow fills DTLB drainage gullies, impounding meltwater in the spring and – upon snow‐dam failure – releasing downstream floods. Data collected from 14 DTLBs in Alaska reveal a wide range in flood peaks, many of which exceed river flood events, providing a missing link in Arctic ecosystem hydrology. Projected snowier winters may result in even larger snow‐dam outbursts from DTLBs, adding uncertainty to future risk assessments. If climate change also drives enhanced lake drainage, we predict even more sporadic and higher magnitude floods, with implications for downstream ecosystems and human infrastructure as development pushes into the Arctic lowlands. |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/293092 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Christopher D Arp,Benjamin M Jones,Kenneth M Hinkel,et al. Recurring outburst floods from drained lakes: an emerging Arctic hazard[J]. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment,2020. |
APA | Christopher D Arp,Benjamin M Jones,Kenneth M Hinkel,Douglas L Kane,Matthew S Whitman,&Richard Kemnitz.(2020).Recurring outburst floods from drained lakes: an emerging Arctic hazard.Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. |
MLA | Christopher D Arp,et al."Recurring outburst floods from drained lakes: an emerging Arctic hazard".Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (2020). |
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