Fast response of cold ice-rich permafrost in northeast Siberia to a warming climate

Siberian Arctic permafrost contains vast stores of carbon, the fate of which is dependent on the climate. Here the authors use models of future scenarios to show that under the direst climate changes up to 2/3 of the stored organic carbon could thaw.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Jan Nitzbon, Sebastian Westermann, Moritz Langer, Léo C. P. Martin, Jens Strauss, Sebastian Laboor, Julia Boike
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
Ice
permafrost
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15725-8
https://doaj.org/article/66dd5105f36b4e719a9be40adaddbf9a
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Summary:Siberian Arctic permafrost contains vast stores of carbon, the fate of which is dependent on the climate. Here the authors use models of future scenarios to show that under the direst climate changes up to 2/3 of the stored organic carbon could thaw.

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