ALASKA: NSF EPSCoR hire co-authors climate change study
Alaska NSF EPSCoR Fire & Ice faculty hire Simon Zwieback co-authored a recent study of the contribution of thawing Arctic hillsides to climate change. The findings were published July 15, 2022, in The Cryosphere, a journal of the European Geosciences Union. They are the first based on the use of satellite imagery to estimate carbon release from slumping Arctic hillsides.
“Permafrost landscapes are expected to change profoundly over the next decades,” said Simon Zwieback, a University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute assistant professor and one of the research paper’s authors. “Among the many consequences of this is the release of greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide, which can exacerbate climate change.”