Increasing Pleistocene permafrost persistence and carbon cycle conundrums inferred from Canadian speleothems

Permafrost thaw decreased over the Pleistocene yet had little apparent effect on interglacial greenhouse gas concentrations.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science Advances
Main Authors: Biller-Celander, Nicole, Shakun, Jeremy D., McGee, David, Wong, Corinne I., Reyes, Alberto V., Hardt, Ben, Tal, Irit, Ford, Derek C., Lauriol, Bernard
Other Authors: National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Research
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2021
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe5799
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abe5799
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.abe5799
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Summary:Permafrost thaw decreased over the Pleistocene yet had little apparent effect on interglacial greenhouse gas concentrations.