Vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change: Implications for the global carbon cycle

…, PM Lafleur, H Lee, G Mazhitova, FE Nelson… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Thawing permafrost and the resulting microbial decomposition of previously frozen organic
carbon (C) is one of the most significant potential feedbacks from terrestrial ecosystems to …

Evidence and implications of recent climate change in northern Alaska and other arctic regions

…, AH Lynch, AH Lloyd, AD McGuire, FE Nelson… - Climatic change, 2005 - Springer
The Arctic climate is changing. Permafrost is warming, hydrological processes are changing
and biological and social systems are also evolving in response to these changing …

Permafrost degradation and its environmental effects on the Tibetan Plateau: A review of recent research

M Yang, FE Nelson, NI Shiklomanov, D Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
A significant portion of the Tibetan Plateau is underlain by permafrost, and is highly sensitive
to climate change. Observational data from recent Chinese investigations on permafrost …

Subsidence risk from thawing permafrost

FE Nelson, OA Anisimov, NI Shiklomanov - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
The thawing and disappearance of permafrost has accelerated in recent decades 1 , damaging
buildings and infrastructure and causing public concern 2 . Here we offer a geographic …

[HTML][HTML] Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

…, S Westermann, VE Romanovsky, FE Nelson… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Degradation of near-surface permafrost can pose a serious threat to the utilization of natural
resources, and to the sustainable development of Arctic communities. Here we identify at …

The impact of P-glycoprotein on the disposition of drugs targeted for indications of the central nervous system: evaluation using the MDR1A/1B knockout mouse model

…, M Logman, D Maclin, FM Nedza, F Nelson… - Drug Metabolism and …, 2005 - ASPET
Thirty-two structurally diverse drugs used for the treatment of various conditions of the central
nervous system (CNS), along with two active metabolites, and eight non-CNS drugs were …

The transient layer: implications for geocryology and climate‐change science

Y Shur, KM Hinkel, FE Nelson - Permafrost and Periglacial …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Research treating permafrost‐climate interactions is traditionally based on a two‐layer
conceptual model involving a seasonally frozen active layer and underlying perennially frozen …

Soil moisture: A central and unifying theme in physical geography

…, SM Quiring, C Houser, FE Nelson - Progress in …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Soil moisture is a critical component of the earth system and plays an integrative role among
the various subfields of physical geography. This paper highlights not just how soil moisture …

Climate change and hazard zonation in the circum-Arctic permafrost regions

FE Nelson, OA Anisimov, NI Shiklomanov - Natural Hazards, 2002 - Springer
The permafrost regions currently occupy about one quarter of the Earth's land area.Climate-change
scenarios indicate that global warming will be amplified in the polarregions, and …

A computational method for prediction and regionalization of permafrost

FE Nelson, SI Outcalt - Arctic and alpine research, 1987 - Taylor & Francis
The “frost number,” a dimensionless ratio defined by manipulation of either freezing and
thawing degree-day sums or frost and thaw penetration depths, can be used to define an …