Wayne H. Pollard

TL;DR: In this article, a geomorphological classification scheme for the arctic coast is presented, with 101,447 km of coastline in 1,315 segments, showing that the average rate of erosion in arctic permafrost coast is 0.5m 1/1 with high local and regional variability.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results of a remote sensing study on the long-term patterns of coastal erosion and retrogressive thaw slump activity for Herschel Island in the northern Yukon Territory.

TL;DR: Characterization of the microbial diversity existing within permafrost environments is important as it will lead to a better understanding of how microorganisms function and survive in such extreme cryoenvironments.

TL;DR: It is suggested that functional microbial ecosystems exist within thepermafrost environment and may have important implications on global biogeochemical processes as well as the search for past or extant life in permafrost presumably present on Mars and other bodies in the authors' solar system.

TL;DR: Investigation of the microbial diversity in a permafrost/massive ground ice core from the Canadian high Arctic found the low microbial diversity, abundance and activity in ground ice suggests a less hospitable microbial habitat.