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  Climate change reduces winter overland travel across the Pan-Arctic even under low-end global warming scenarios

Gädeke, A., Langer, M., Boike, J., Burke, E. J., Chang, J., Head, M., Reyer, C. P. O., Schaphoff, S., Thiery, W., Thonicke, K. (2021): Climate change reduces winter overland travel across the Pan-Arctic even under low-end global warming scenarios. - Environmental Research Letters, 16, 2, 024049.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abdcf2

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Gädeke, Anne1, Author              
Langer, Moritz2, Author
Boike, Julia2, Author
Burke, Eleanor J.2, Author
Chang, Jinfeng2, Author
Head, Melissa2, Author
Reyer, Christopher P. O.1, Author              
Schaphoff, Sibyll1, Author              
Thiery, Wim2, Author
Thonicke, Kirsten1, Author              
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2External Organizations, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: Amplified climate warming has led to permafrost degradation and a shortening of the winter season, both impacting cost-effective overland travel across the Arctic. Here we use, for the first time, four state-of-the art Land Surface Models that explicitly consider ground freezing states, forced by a subset of bias-adjusted CMIP5 General Circulation Models to estimate the impact of different global warming scenarios (RCP2.6, 6.0, 8.5) on two modes of winter travel: Overland Travel Days (OTDs) and Ice Road Construction Days (IRCDs). We show that OTDs decrease by on average -13% in the near future (2021-2050) and between -15% (RCP2.6) and -40% (RCP8.5) in the far future (2070-2099) compared to the reference period (1971-2000) when 173 days year-1 are simulated across the Pan-Arctic. Regionally, we identified Eastern Siberia (Sakha (Yakutia), Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast) to be most resilient to climate change, while Alaska (USA), the Northwestern Russian regions (Yamalo, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Nenets, Komi, Khanty-Mansiy), Northern Europe and Chukotka are highly vulnerable. The change in OTDs is most pronounced during the shoulder season, particularly in autumn. The IRCDs reduce on average twice as much as the OTDs under all climate scenarios resulting in shorter operational duration. The results of the low-end global warming scenario (RCP2.6) emphasize that stringent climate mitigation policies have the potential to reduce the impact of climate change on winter mobility in the second half of the 21st century. Nevertheless, even under RCP2.6, our results suggest substantially reduced winter overland travel implying a severe threat to livelihoods of remote communities and increasing costs for resource exploration and transport across the Arctic.

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 Dates: 2021-01-142021-01-182021-02-10
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: PIKDOMAIN: RD1 - Earth System Analysis
PIKDOMAIN: RD2 - Climate Resilience
MDB-ID: yes - 3130
Working Group: Hydroclimatic Risks
Research topic keyword: 1.5/2°C limit
Research topic keyword: Climate impacts
Regional keyword: Arctic & Antarctica
Model / method: LPJmL
Model / method: Model Intercomparison
Organisational keyword: RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Organisational keyword: RD2 - Climate Resilience
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abdcf2
OATYPE: Gold Open Access
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Title: Environmental Research Letters
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 16 (2) Sequence Number: 024049 Start / End Page: - Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/150326
Publisher: IOP Publishing