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Machine learning-based predictions of current and future susceptibility to retrogressive thaw slumps across the Northern Hemisphere

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Retrogressive thaw slumps(RTSs)caused by the thawing of ground ice on permafrost slopes have dramatically increased and become a common permafrost hazard across the Northern Hemisphere during previous decades.However,a gap remains in our comprehensive under-standing of the spatial controlling factors,including the climate and terrain,that are conducive to these RTSs at a global scale.Using machine learning methodologies,we mapped the current and future RTSs susceptibility distributions by incorporating a range of environmental factors and RTSs inventories.We identified freezing-degree days and maximum summer rainfall as the primary environmental factors affecting RTSs susceptibility.The final ensemble susceptibility map suggests that regions with high to very high susceptibility could constitute(11.6±0.78)%of the Northern Hemisphere's permafrost region.When juxtaposed with the current(2000-2020)RTSs susceptibility map,the total area with high to very high susceptibility could witness an increase ranging from(31.7±0.65)%(SSP585)to(51.9±0.73)%(SSP126)by the 2041-2060.The insights gleaned from this study not only offer valuable implications for engineering applications across the Northern Hemisphere,but also provide a long-term insight into the potential change of RTSs in permafrost regions in response to climate change.

Retrogressive thaw slumpMachine learningSusceptibility mapPermafrostNorthern Hemisphere

Jing LUO、Guo-An YIN、Fu-Jun NIU、Tian-Chun DONG、Ze-Yong GAO、Ming-Hao LIU、Fan YU

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State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering,Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China

China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group Co.,Ltd,Xining 810000,China

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China

2024

气候变化研究进展(英文版)
国家气候中心

气候变化研究进展(英文版)

影响因子:0.806
ISSN:1674-9278
年,卷(期):2024.15(2)