Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01455-w

The Arctic lowlands are characterized by a large number of lakes that cover a substantial part of the surface in some regions. Here, the authors apply a machine learning approach to satellite data to show that permafrost thaw since 2000 has caused a decline in surface water in these regions.