Revisiting permafrost carbon feedback and economic impacts
Abstract Quantifying permafrost carbon feedback (PCF) is a critical step in conveying the significance of permafrost carbon emissions to decision-makers and stakeholders and achieving sustainable development goals. Simply assuming a rapid reduction in permafrost area may be an overaggressive approac...
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crioppubl:10.1088/1748-9326/ad2b2b 2024-06-02T08:12:53+00:00 Revisiting permafrost carbon feedback and economic impacts Zhu, Yang Wang, Kang Jiao, Wenxian Xu, Jinlong Natural Science Foundation of Henan, China National Key Research and Development Program of China Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2b2b https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2b2b https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2b2b/pdf unknown IOP Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/text-and-data-mining Environmental Research Letters volume 19, issue 3, page 034040 ISSN 1748-9326 journal-article 2024 crioppubl https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2b2b 2024-05-07T13:59:07Z Abstract Quantifying permafrost carbon feedback (PCF) is a critical step in conveying the significance of permafrost carbon emissions to decision-makers and stakeholders and achieving sustainable development goals. Simply assuming a rapid reduction in permafrost area may be an overaggressive approach. This study revisited PCF by incorporating relatively clear permafrost physics into the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy. The results show that the total carbon released from permafrost regions in 2100 is 30.5 GtC, which is accompanied by an additional atmospheric warming of 0.038 °C, much lower than previous studies. This study provides a potential perspective to scrutinize the climate feedback and related economic impacts due to permafrost thawing. We may need to pay more attention to carbon processes during nongrowing seasons and sudden changes in permafrost. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost IOP Publishing Environmental Research Letters 19 3 034040 |
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Abstract Quantifying permafrost carbon feedback (PCF) is a critical step in conveying the significance of permafrost carbon emissions to decision-makers and stakeholders and achieving sustainable development goals. Simply assuming a rapid reduction in permafrost area may be an overaggressive approach. This study revisited PCF by incorporating relatively clear permafrost physics into the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy. The results show that the total carbon released from permafrost regions in 2100 is 30.5 GtC, which is accompanied by an additional atmospheric warming of 0.038 °C, much lower than previous studies. This study provides a potential perspective to scrutinize the climate feedback and related economic impacts due to permafrost thawing. We may need to pay more attention to carbon processes during nongrowing seasons and sudden changes in permafrost. |
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Natural Science Foundation of Henan, China National Key Research and Development Program of China Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering |
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Zhu, Yang Wang, Kang Jiao, Wenxian Xu, Jinlong Revisiting permafrost carbon feedback and economic impacts |
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Zhu, Yang Wang, Kang Jiao, Wenxian Xu, Jinlong |
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Revisiting permafrost carbon feedback and economic impacts |
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Revisiting permafrost carbon feedback and economic impacts |
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Revisiting permafrost carbon feedback and economic impacts |
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Revisiting permafrost carbon feedback and economic impacts |
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revisiting permafrost carbon feedback and economic impacts |
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