The Use of Satellite Images for Assessment of Environmental Vulnerability and Resilience of the Arctic Wetlands

The research paper focuses on the environmental problem of Yamal region, geographically located in the Russian Yamal-Nenets autonomous region, northern-central Russia. This region is characterized by the unique nature and environmental conditions, combining two physical-geographical regions: sub-Arctic and Arctic moss-lichen tundra and permafrost conditions. The recent changes in global climate and overall warming highly contribute to the degradation of the tundra environment and increases cryogenic slope processes. This paper focuses on the investigation of the ecological aspects of the global climate change in Yamal peninsula, and analysis the development of slope processes on the local tundra environment. Key words: Arctic, wetlands, satellite imagesP. Lemenkova. "The Use of Satellite Images for Assessment of Environmental Vulnerability and Resilience of the Arctic Wetlands". English and Russian. In: Issues of the Biodiversity of Water Areas. Proceedings of the International Conference (Azov Research Institute for Fisheries AzNIIRH, Nov. 27, 2015). Ed. by L. A. Bugaev and A. V. Voikina. Rostov-on-Don, Russia: AzNIIRH Press, 2015, pp. 214–220. isbn: 978-5-904063-26-9. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare. 7210385. url: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=28327463