The drying Arctic
by Reinhard Pienitz, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Due to extensive permafrost melt, many arctic lakes are breached and drained, leading to widespread dry-up of lowland arctic landscapes, in this case on south-western Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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