Author engages replies, promises more posts and notes hope alongside grief
5 Sep 11 7:44 PM · 12d ago · 16 comments · 1 source · development 5 of 6
queenofpeat thanks commenters, recalls a 20-year-old field campaign with a Siberian scientist that helped establish permafrost thaw in both regions, and says her book also covers reasons for hope.
“There is also a lof hope to be found in northern peatlands - I promise! This is a whole chapter of this in my book- the tension between grief and hope.”
queenofpeat.bsky.socialqueenofpeat.bsky.social Permafrost scientist and author of 'Bogland'International research team Authors of the earthquake-permafrost study covered by Phys.org
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That is so unbelievably helpful and important. I have not seen that brief and succinct an articulation of the Boreal condition. Enabled me to feel as though the bog under my feet, under “our feet ” is subsiding. Thank you!
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I am so glad it was helpful. I will post more about permafrost thaw and also severe wildfires.
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Yes in fact 20+ yrs ago, when I was a graduate student, I met another young woman scientist from Siberia working on similar issues. We led a field campaign there to prove both regions were experiencing permafrost thaw. Back then we didn’t really know. I lost touch with her, but think of her often.
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There is also a lof hope to be found in northern peatlands - I promise! This is a whole chapter of this in my book- the tension between grief and hope.
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I can't watch any more... but the discovery feed keeps pushing the trauma my way.
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When the hospital in Bethel, Alaska, was being built, the design included keeping the permafrost beneath the building frozen so that the entire structure would not sink into the ground. Many homes there are built on pilings and occasionally need to be re-leveled as the permafrost thaws.
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Kudos for you doing your work amongst all those mosquitoes.
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Well, that’s a follow. Thanks so much for the great demonstration and explanation! I was blessed to spend time in Wood Buffalo National Park and was fascinated by the complex boreal landscape above and below the surface. Looking forward to learning more.
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That is going to get worse and worse, and the CO2 release will be added to the ocean's CO2, will be added to man made CO2. So that 430ppm up from average 280ppm for 800,000 years will be increasing.
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Insane. I lived up there 30 years ago for a few years (loved it!), this is heart breaking, not just for Alaska and its people, but the entire planet.
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Given we just put into space an instrument to detect tree and carbon relations I think we will find ultimately we aren't the main source for climate change eitherway asteroid mining and industralization/colonizing space would offset any of our problematic contributions and reverse eventually
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Does that brand of soil probe allow for extensions? It looks lighter than a Russian peat corer. I’m looking for options to measure peat depth and not lug heavy equipment to remote sites. Thanks!
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Your fix the Permafrost project could come to an abrupt halt Doctor, if you keep tip toeing around on it. You young folks need to be careful💙🌍💙 OH and thank you for what you do.👊
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Not all the Methane being released into atmosphere is from organic decomposition. There is Methane with a different composition that indicates it comes from reserves far deeper.
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The thawing permafrost will release tons of methane further increasing the greenhouse gas effect.
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