Detecting the Signature of Permafrost Thaw in Arctic Rivers, Siberia, Russia 2012 - 2014

• Main Author: Spencer, Robert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2017
• Subjects: Carbon, Rivers, Arctic; Arctic; Kolyma; Climate change; Detecting the Signature of Permafrost Thaw in Arctic Rivers; Global warming; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2j960930; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/#view/doi:10.18739/A2J960930

Permafrost soils in the Arctic contain vast quantities of ancient organic matter. If thawed, the decomposition of this aged organic carbon will release the greenhouse gases CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere, fueling a positive feedback between permafrost thaw and global warming. The term “carbon bomb” h...