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**Aeolian soil erosion, Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland** *June/July 2014* We are researching erosional and ecological processes in these *deflation patches*, which cover 22% of the local landscape. Katabatic winds off the Greenland Ice Sheet remove fine-grained loess soil, exposing glacial till. The patch edge advances as soil and vegetation are undercut. Within patches, a biological soil crust forms, hindering future erosion and aiding soil recovery. **People** Ruth Heindel, Earth Sciences, Dartmouth Ross Virginia, Arctic Studies and Environmental Studies, Dartmouth Jonathan Chipman, Geography and Earth Sciences, Dartmouth Becca Novello Phoebe Racine **Sources** http://sites.dartmouth.edu/rheindel Heindel, R, Chipman, J, Virginia, R, 2015. [The Spatial Distribution and Ecological Impacts of Aeolian Soil Erosion in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland][id]. Ann. Assoc. Am. Geogr. 105:875-890. [id]: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00045608.2015.1059176