7. The Arctic carbon vault
‘The Arctic carbon vault’ describes the large share of Earth's organic carbon sequestered in the frozen ground and within the shelf sea sediments of the Arctic Ocean. The organic carbon stock of the permafrost is roughly equivalent to half of total global soil carbon. A cold Arctic with extensi...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/actrade/9780198819288.003.0007 2023-05-15T14:20:24+02:00 7. The Arctic carbon vault Dodds, Klaus Woodward, Jamie 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198819288.003.0007 unknown Oxford University Press The Arctic: A Very Short Introduction page 125-136 book-chapter 2021 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198819288.003.0007 2022-07-22T11:05:41Z ‘The Arctic carbon vault’ describes the large share of Earth's organic carbon sequestered in the frozen ground and within the shelf sea sediments of the Arctic Ocean. The organic carbon stock of the permafrost is roughly equivalent to half of total global soil carbon. A cold Arctic with extensive permafrost is an effective long-term carbon sink as carbon is safely locked away as long as permafrost is maintained. Giant craters appeared on the Yamal peninsula. The thawing permafrost leads to the formation of thermokarst lakes, which are frozen bodies of water held in subsidence depressions created by the thawing of ground ice. Well-preserved carcasses of extinct ice age beasts, including woolly mammoths and cave bears, have been recovered from the thawing permafrost. Book Part Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Ice permafrost Thermokarst Yamal Peninsula Oxford University Press (via Crossref) Arctic Arctic Ocean Yamal Peninsula ENVELOPE(69.873,69.873,70.816,70.816) 125 136 |
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‘The Arctic carbon vault’ describes the large share of Earth's organic carbon sequestered in the frozen ground and within the shelf sea sediments of the Arctic Ocean. The organic carbon stock of the permafrost is roughly equivalent to half of total global soil carbon. A cold Arctic with extensive permafrost is an effective long-term carbon sink as carbon is safely locked away as long as permafrost is maintained. Giant craters appeared on the Yamal peninsula. The thawing permafrost leads to the formation of thermokarst lakes, which are frozen bodies of water held in subsidence depressions created by the thawing of ground ice. Well-preserved carcasses of extinct ice age beasts, including woolly mammoths and cave bears, have been recovered from the thawing permafrost. |
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