Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release

The sudden collapse of thawing soils in the Arctic might double the warming from greenhouse gases released from tundra, warn Merritt R. Turetsky and colleagues.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature
Main Authors: Turetsky, Merritt R., Abbott, Benjamin W., Jones, Miriam C., Walter Anthony, Katey, Olefeldt, David, Schuur, Edward A. G., Koven, Charles, McGuire, A. David, Grosse, Guido, Kuhry, Peter, Hugelius, Gustaf, Lawrence, David M., Gibson, Carolyn, Sannel, A. Britta K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/49545/
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01313-4
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.5d85cf1d-ff45-4012-b546-43dd67f4bb14
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Summary:The sudden collapse of thawing soils in the Arctic might double the warming from greenhouse gases released from tundra, warn Merritt R. Turetsky and colleagues.