Deglacial mobilization of pre-aged terrestrial carbon from degrading permafrost

Permafrost-derived carbon (C) may have been an additional source of greenhouse gases during the last glacial-interglacial transition. Here the authors show that ancient C from degrading permafrost was mobilised during phases of rapid sea-level rise, partially explaining changes in atmospheric CO2 an...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Maria Winterfeld, Gesine Mollenhauer, Wolf Dummann, Peter Köhler, Lester Lembke-Jene, Vera D. Meyer, Jens Hefter, Cameron McIntyre, Lukas Wacker, Ulla Kokfelt, Ralf Tiedemann
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Science
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permafrost
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06080-w
https://doaj.org/article/4eae999ba2544975817c93ca8352f082
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Summary:Permafrost-derived carbon (C) may have been an additional source of greenhouse gases during the last glacial-interglacial transition. Here the authors show that ancient C from degrading permafrost was mobilised during phases of rapid sea-level rise, partially explaining changes in atmospheric CO2 and ∆14C.

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