MCM-trenches excavated

MCM excavated trenches

Water was applied to trenches located up-hill of the instrumented plots. Trenches were excavated to the ice-table so that water applications would simulate permafrost thaw and melt of ice-cement.

Photo courtesy of: 
Eric Sokol
From: 
MCM researchers simulate permafrost thaw to study response of soil ecosystems and biota to climate change