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Northern permafrost represents a limit on the northward shift of climatically feasible agricultural frontiers under future warming


Permafrost may limit the suitability of up to 29% of newly suitable agricultural land in high latitudes under global warming, according to simulations integrating permafrost degradation and crop suitability for seven major crops.

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