Nikolay I Shiklomanov
Biographic Data
| ID | 1349319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nikolay I Shiklomanov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nikolay I |
| FAMILY NAME | Shiklomanov |
| SIGNATURE | SHIKLOMANOV N I |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8609-0240 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Snow, ice and permafrost landscapes as ‘frozen commons’
Cryosphere has a global role as a biogeophysical phenomenon. It affects the livelihoods of people inhabiting permafrost areas and is affected by human activity within and outside of the cryosphere’s geographical span. ‘Frozen commons’ (FCs) are cryosphere resources and landscapes, defined by snow, ice, and permafrost, that are experienced, used, protected and managed by groups of people together. This paper highlights collaboration between herder…
Permafrost Food Storage Monitoring and Vulnerability Assessment in Utqiaġvik, Alaska
Traditional Iñupiaq sigḷuaq are cellars excavated into permafrost for storage of large quantities of game, fish, and other foodstuffs harvested for subsistence. Permafrost provides both a cultural and regulatory ecosystem service to Arctic peoples. A cellar thermal monitoring program in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, documented catastrophic flooding, collapses, and other issues in these cellars related to warming climatic conditions, commun…
Thawing permafrost is subsiding in the Northern Hemisphere—review and perspectives
High-latitude and altitude cold regions are affected by climate warming and permafrost degradation. One of the major concerns associated with degrading permafrost is thaw subsidence (TS) due to melting of excess ground ice and associated thaw consolidation. Field observations, remote sensing, and numerical modeling are used to measure and estimate the extent and rates of TS across broad spatial and temporal scales. Our new data synthesis effort f…
The costs of Arctic infrastructure damages due to permafrost degradation
Climate change has adverse impacts on Arctic natural ecosystems and threatens northern communities by disrupting subsistence practices, limiting accessibility, and putting built infrastructure at risk. In this paper, we analyze spatial patterns of permafrost degradation and associated risks to built infrastructure due to loss of bearing capacity and thaw subsidence in permafrost regions of the Arctic. Using a subset of three Coupled Model Interco…
Informal road networks and sustainability of Siberian boreal forest landscapes
Boreal forest landscapes are experiencing various anthropogenic pressures from industrial activity, transportation, urbanization, and recreation compounding already significant changes in regional climate. However, the impact of the transportation infrastructure on boreal forests is rarely considered, and information about road extent is often incomplete, especially in the case of informal roads. Using a combination of landscape observations and …
Long-term Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (Calm) program observations in Northern Alaskan tundra
The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) network is an ongoing international effort to collect and disseminate standardized measurements of active-layer dynamics to monitor the response of near-surface permafrost parameters to climate change. This work presents a distillation of 25 years (1995–2019) of observations from three north–south transects of CALM sites in tundra environments of Alaska. Transects examined in this work bisect tundra …
Cool, Calm, collected
The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) program is the primary global-change monitoring program concerned with the seasonally frozen active layer above permafrost. The active layer has been designated by the Global Climate Observing System and the Global Terrestrial Observing Network as an ‘Essential Climate Variable’. CALM was launched in 1991 on a volunteer basis in cooperation with the International Tundra Experiment. CALM observatories…
Long-term active layer monitoring at Calm sites in the Russian European North
This paper presents results from long-term active layer monitoring at four CALM sites in the Russian European North. Observational records range from 10 to 24 years in length (1996–2019). The impact of climatic and landscape parameters on active layer thickness has been assessed through linear regression. The temporal dynamics of climatic parameters, responsible for the thaw depth changes, were investigated. The long-term data indicate that the a…
Dealing with the bust in Vorkuta, Russia
Assessment of climate change impacts on buildings, structures and infrastructure in the Russian regions on permafrost
Russian regions containing permafrost play an important role in the Russian economy, containing vast reserves of natural resources and hosting large-scale infrastructure to facilitate these resources’ exploitation. Rapidly changing climatic conditions are a major concern for the future economic development of these regions. This study examines the extent to which infrastructure and housing are affected by permafrost in Russia and estimates the as…
Assessment of the cost of climate change impacts on critical infrastructure in the circumpolar Arctic
The Arctic is experiencing pronounced climatic and environmental changes. These changes pose a risk to infrastructure, impacting the accessibility and development of remote locations and adding additional pressures on local and regional budgets. This study estimates the costs of fixed infrastructure affected by climate change impacts in the Arctic region, specifically on the impacts of permafrost thaw. Geotechnical models are forced by climate da…
A truly Arctic city
In popular imagination, the Arctic is frequently perceived as a vast, desolate, and undeveloped region with predominantly indigenous population and isolated clusters of resource extraction and mili
Climatic- and anthropogenic-induced land cover change around Norilsk, Russia
Increasing atmospheric temperatures over the last 30 years has prompted land cover change in sensitive Arctic environments and exacerbated change in large urban-industrial centers on permafrost. Norilsk, Russia, the largest city built on permafrost north of the Arctic Circle, has a long history of development and industrial activity providing an opportunity to evaluate the climatic- and anthropogenic-induced land cover change. Land cover changes …
Conquering the permafrost
The city of Norilsk represents an unprecedented case of massive construction in the permafrost regions of the Arctic. Norilsk’s urban expansion can be attributed to the development of engineering practices that maintained the thermal stability of permafrost. However, complex interactions between the urban landscape and permafrost have resulted in permafrost warming and degradation. Negative cryogenic processes started to manifest themselves 10–15…
Climate Change and Stability of Urban Infrastructure in Russian Permafrost Regions
One of the most significant climate change impacts on arctic urban landscapes is the warming and degradation of permafrost, which negatively affects the structural integrity of infrastructure. We estimate potential changes in stability of Russian urban infrastructure built on permafrost in response to the projected climatic changes provided by six preselected General Circulation Models (GCMs) participated in the most recent Climate Model Inter‐co…
Traditional Iñupiat Ice Cellars (SIĠḷUAQ) in Barrow, Alaska
Ice cellars are a natural form of refrigeration constructed within permafrost. They are traditionally employed by indigenous Arctic peoples to store harvested wildlife. Recent reports from Alaska indicate that ice cellars are "failing" through mechanisms that include flooding and collapse, which are often attributed to climate change. In cooperation with local stakeholders, we instrumented five cellars to record internal air temperature in Barrow…
Land cover and land use changes in the oil and gas regions of Northwestern Siberia under changing climatic conditions
Northwestern Siberia has been undergoing a range of land cover and land use changes associated with climate change, animal husbandry and development of mineral resources, particularly oil and gas. The changes caused by climate and oil/gas development Southeast of the city of Nadym were investigated using multi-temporal and multi-spatial remotely sensed images. Comparison between high spatial resolution imagery acquired in 1968 and 2006 indicates …
Permafrost hydrology in changing climatic conditions
Role of changing climatic conditions on permafrost degradation and hydrology was investigated in the transition zone between the tundra and forest ecotones at the boundary of continuous and discontinuous permafrost of the lower Yenisei River. Three watersheds of various sizes were chosen to represent the characteristics of the regional landscape conditions. Samples of river flow, precipitation, snow cover, and permafrost ground ice were collected…
Non-climatic factors and long-term, continental-scale changes in seasonally frozen ground
Numerous studies indicate that the northern high latitudes are experiencing an unprecedented rate of environmental change, including an increase in air temperatures (e.g. Serreze and Francis 2006), reduction of snow cover (e.g. Brown and Robinson 2011), ecosystem transformations and land cover changes (e.g. Callaghan et al 2011). Many of the potential environmental impacts of global warming in the high latitudes are associated with frozen ground,…
Spatial variability of permafrost active-layer thickness under contemporary and projected climate in Northern Alaska
The active layer plays an important role in the functioning of environmental ecosystems and affects many human activities in the polar regions. Regional assessments and predictions of this parameter are critical for many physical and social applications. Large heterogeneity in near-surface permafrost characteristics, including the active layer, even over small distances, creates serious constraints to their evaluation across large geographic exte…
Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change
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 the atmosphere in a changing climate. In this article we present an overview of the global permafrost C pool and of the processes that might transfer this C into the atmosphere, as well as the associated ecosystem changes that occur with thawing. We show that account…
The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (Calm) Workshop and the Calm Ii Program
Climatic Variability in the Kuparuk Region, North-central Alaska
Air temperature fields are required as input to spatial models in ecology, geocryology, and biogeochemistry. Air temperature data from a sparse, irregular meteorological network in the Kuparuk region of north-central Alaska were interpolated spatially and temporally to provide a 13-year (1987-1999) series of thawing degree-day fields at 1 km2 resolution. Procedures involved standardizing diverse temperature records and applying topographically an…
Climate Change and Stability of Urban Infrastructure in Russian Permafrost Regions
One of the most significant climate change impacts on arctic urban landscapes is the warming and degradation of permafrost, which negatively affects the structural integrity of infrastructure. We estimate potential changes in stability of Russian urban infrastructure built on permafrost in response to the projected climatic changes provided by six preselected General Circulation Models (GCMs) participated in the most recent Climate Model Inter‐co…
Traditional Iñupiat Ice Cellars (SIĠḷUAQ) in Barrow, Alaska
Ice cellars are a natural form of refrigeration constructed within permafrost. They are traditionally employed by indigenous Arctic peoples to store harvested wildlife. Recent reports from Alaska indicate that ice cellars are "failing" through mechanisms that include flooding and collapse, which are often attributed to climate change. In cooperation with local stakeholders, we instrumented five cellars to record internal air temperature in Barrow…
Dealing with the bust in Vorkuta, Russia
Climatic Variability in the Kuparuk Region, North-central Alaska
Air temperature fields are required as input to spatial models in ecology, geocryology, and biogeochemistry. Air temperature data from a sparse, irregular meteorological network in the Kuparuk region of north-central Alaska were interpolated spatially and temporally to provide a 13-year (1987-1999) series of thawing degree-day fields at 1 km2 resolution. Procedures involved standardizing diverse temperature records and applying topographically an…
The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (Calm) Workshop and the Calm Ii Program
Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change
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 the atmosphere in a changing climate. In this article we present an overview of the global permafrost C pool and of the processes that might transfer this C into the atmosphere, as well as the associated ecosystem changes that occur with thawing. We show that account…
Non-climatic factors and long-term, continental-scale changes in seasonally frozen ground
Numerous studies indicate that the northern high latitudes are experiencing an unprecedented rate of environmental change, including an increase in air temperatures (e.g. Serreze and Francis 2006), reduction of snow cover (e.g. Brown and Robinson 2011), ecosystem transformations and land cover changes (e.g. Callaghan et al 2011). Many of the potential environmental impacts of global warming in the high latitudes are associated with frozen ground,…
Spatial variability of permafrost active-layer thickness under contemporary and projected climate in Northern Alaska
The active layer plays an important role in the functioning of environmental ecosystems and affects many human activities in the polar regions. Regional assessments and predictions of this parameter are critical for many physical and social applications. Large heterogeneity in near-surface permafrost characteristics, including the active layer, even over small distances, creates serious constraints to their evaluation across large geographic exte…
Land cover and land use changes in the oil and gas regions of Northwestern Siberia under changing climatic conditions
Northwestern Siberia has been undergoing a range of land cover and land use changes associated with climate change, animal husbandry and development of mineral resources, particularly oil and gas. The changes caused by climate and oil/gas development Southeast of the city of Nadym were investigated using multi-temporal and multi-spatial remotely sensed images. Comparison between high spatial resolution imagery acquired in 1968 and 2006 indicates …
Permafrost hydrology in changing climatic conditions
Role of changing climatic conditions on permafrost degradation and hydrology was investigated in the transition zone between the tundra and forest ecotones at the boundary of continuous and discontinuous permafrost of the lower Yenisei River. Three watersheds of various sizes were chosen to represent the characteristics of the regional landscape conditions. Samples of river flow, precipitation, snow cover, and permafrost ground ice were collected…
A truly Arctic city
In popular imagination, the Arctic is frequently perceived as a vast, desolate, and undeveloped region with predominantly indigenous population and isolated clusters of resource extraction and mili
Climatic- and anthropogenic-induced land cover change around Norilsk, Russia
Increasing atmospheric temperatures over the last 30 years has prompted land cover change in sensitive Arctic environments and exacerbated change in large urban-industrial centers on permafrost. Norilsk, Russia, the largest city built on permafrost north of the Arctic Circle, has a long history of development and industrial activity providing an opportunity to evaluate the climatic- and anthropogenic-induced land cover change. Land cover changes …
Conquering the permafrost
The city of Norilsk represents an unprecedented case of massive construction in the permafrost regions of the Arctic. Norilsk’s urban expansion can be attributed to the development of engineering practices that maintained the thermal stability of permafrost. However, complex interactions between the urban landscape and permafrost have resulted in permafrost warming and degradation. Negative cryogenic processes started to manifest themselves 10–15…
Climate Change and Stability of Urban Infrastructure in Russian Permafrost Regions
One of the most significant climate change impacts on arctic urban landscapes is the warming and degradation of permafrost, which negatively affects the structural integrity of infrastructure. We estimate potential changes in stability of Russian urban infrastructure built on permafrost in response to the projected climatic changes provided by six preselected General Circulation Models (GCMs) participated in the most recent Climate Model Inter‐co…
Traditional Iñupiat Ice Cellars (SIĠḷUAQ) in Barrow, Alaska
Ice cellars are a natural form of refrigeration constructed within permafrost. They are traditionally employed by indigenous Arctic peoples to store harvested wildlife. Recent reports from Alaska indicate that ice cellars are "failing" through mechanisms that include flooding and collapse, which are often attributed to climate change. In cooperation with local stakeholders, we instrumented five cellars to record internal air temperature in Barrow…
Assessment of climate change impacts on buildings, structures and infrastructure in the Russian regions on permafrost
Russian regions containing permafrost play an important role in the Russian economy, containing vast reserves of natural resources and hosting large-scale infrastructure to facilitate these resources’ exploitation. Rapidly changing climatic conditions are a major concern for the future economic development of these regions. This study examines the extent to which infrastructure and housing are affected by permafrost in Russia and estimates the as…
Assessment of the cost of climate change impacts on critical infrastructure in the circumpolar Arctic
The Arctic is experiencing pronounced climatic and environmental changes. These changes pose a risk to infrastructure, impacting the accessibility and development of remote locations and adding additional pressures on local and regional budgets. This study estimates the costs of fixed infrastructure affected by climate change impacts in the Arctic region, specifically on the impacts of permafrost thaw. Geotechnical models are forced by climate da…
Dealing with the bust in Vorkuta, Russia
Informal road networks and sustainability of Siberian boreal forest landscapes
Boreal forest landscapes are experiencing various anthropogenic pressures from industrial activity, transportation, urbanization, and recreation compounding already significant changes in regional climate. However, the impact of the transportation infrastructure on boreal forests is rarely considered, and information about road extent is often incomplete, especially in the case of informal roads. Using a combination of landscape observations and …
Long-term Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (Calm) program observations in Northern Alaskan tundra
The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) network is an ongoing international effort to collect and disseminate standardized measurements of active-layer dynamics to monitor the response of near-surface permafrost parameters to climate change. This work presents a distillation of 25 years (1995–2019) of observations from three north–south transects of CALM sites in tundra environments of Alaska. Transects examined in this work bisect tundra …
Cool, Calm, collected
The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) program is the primary global-change monitoring program concerned with the seasonally frozen active layer above permafrost. The active layer has been designated by the Global Climate Observing System and the Global Terrestrial Observing Network as an ‘Essential Climate Variable’. CALM was launched in 1991 on a volunteer basis in cooperation with the International Tundra Experiment. CALM observatories…
Long-term active layer monitoring at Calm sites in the Russian European North
This paper presents results from long-term active layer monitoring at four CALM sites in the Russian European North. Observational records range from 10 to 24 years in length (1996–2019). The impact of climatic and landscape parameters on active layer thickness has been assessed through linear regression. The temporal dynamics of climatic parameters, responsible for the thaw depth changes, were investigated. The long-term data indicate that the a…
The costs of Arctic infrastructure damages due to permafrost degradation
Climate change has adverse impacts on Arctic natural ecosystems and threatens northern communities by disrupting subsistence practices, limiting accessibility, and putting built infrastructure at risk. In this paper, we analyze spatial patterns of permafrost degradation and associated risks to built infrastructure due to loss of bearing capacity and thaw subsidence in permafrost regions of the Arctic. Using a subset of three Coupled Model Interco…
Permafrost Food Storage Monitoring and Vulnerability Assessment in Utqiaġvik, Alaska
Traditional Iñupiaq sigḷuaq are cellars excavated into permafrost for storage of large quantities of game, fish, and other foodstuffs harvested for subsistence. Permafrost provides both a cultural and regulatory ecosystem service to Arctic peoples. A cellar thermal monitoring program in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, documented catastrophic flooding, collapses, and other issues in these cellars related to warming climatic conditions, commun…
Thawing permafrost is subsiding in the Northern Hemisphere—review and perspectives
High-latitude and altitude cold regions are affected by climate warming and permafrost degradation. One of the major concerns associated with degrading permafrost is thaw subsidence (TS) due to melting of excess ground ice and associated thaw consolidation. Field observations, remote sensing, and numerical modeling are used to measure and estimate the extent and rates of TS across broad spatial and temporal scales. Our new data synthesis effort f…
Snow, ice and permafrost landscapes as ‘frozen commons’
Cryosphere has a global role as a biogeophysical phenomenon. It affects the livelihoods of people inhabiting permafrost areas and is affected by human activity within and outside of the cryosphere’s geographical span. ‘Frozen commons’ (FCs) are cryosphere resources and landscapes, defined by snow, ice, and permafrost, that are experienced, used, protected and managed by groups of people together. This paper highlights collaboration between herder…
Environmental Science (21 works) · Geology (20 works) · Climate change and permafrost (19 works) · Geography (19 works) · Permafrost (18 works) · Oceanography (16 works) · Cryospheric studies and observations (15 works) · Physical geography (13 works) · Climate change (12 works) · Climatology (10 works)