Permafrost thawing puts the frozen carbon at risk over the Tibetan Plateau

A large quantity of soil organic carbon frozen in permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau will be at risk under future climate warming.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science Advances
Main Authors: Wang, Taihua, Yang, Dawen, Yang, Yuting, Piao, Shilong, Li, Xin, Cheng, Guodong, Fu, Bojie
Other Authors: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Science and Technology, Qinghai, China
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2020
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz3513
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.aaz3513
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Summary:A large quantity of soil organic carbon frozen in permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau will be at risk under future climate warming.