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How collapsing permafrost is transforming Arctic lakes, ponds and streams

Arctic water bodies can expand — or drain catastrophically.

By Philip Marsh, Wilfrid Laurier University, Evan Wilcox, Wilfrid Laurier University, Niels Weiss, Wilfrid Laurier University January 24, 2020
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Lakes, ponds and streams cover a large fraction of the low-lying tundra that circles the Arctic. For example, roughly 65,000 lakes and ponds lie within the Mackenzie Delta and an area to its east.

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