Can animal grazing help to reduce permafrost thaw?

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Can animal grazing help to reduce permafrost thaw?

Windirsch, Torben, Forbes, Bruce C and Strauss, Jens

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Contact

torben.windirsch [ at ] rifs-potsdam.de

Abstract

Large herbivorous animals were identified to globally affect soil and vegetation conditions. In the Arctic, intensive animal activity excerts impacts on permafrost that might help to stabilize thaw-vulnerable deposits and counteract vegetation changes associated with global warming. Exploiting such mechanisms on a local scale would help to (re-)establish animal- and herding-based livelihoods while stabilizing ground for infrastructure and being climatically beneficial.

Item Type

Article

Authors

Windirsch, Torben, Forbes, Bruce C and Strauss, Jens

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Divisions

AWI Organizations > Geosciences > Permafrost Research

Primary Division

Organizations > AWI Organizations > Geosciences

Programs

Helmholtz Research Programs > CHANGING EARTH (2021-2027) > PT5:Dynamics of the Terrestrial Environment and Freshwater Resources under Global and Climate Change > ST5.3: Natural dynamics of the terrestrial Earth surface system

Primary Topic

Helmholtz Programs > Helmholtz Research Programs > CHANGING EARTH (2021-2027) > PT5:Dynamics of the Terrestrial Environment and Freshwater Resources under Global and Climate Change

Publication Status

Published online

Eprint ID

59060

DOI 10.1080/15230430.2024.2379717

Cite as

Windirsch, T. , Forbes, B. C. and Strauss, J. (2024): Can animal grazing help to reduce permafrost thaw? , Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 56 (1) . doi: 10.1080/15230430.2024.2379717