Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback
Large quantities of organic carbon are stored in frozen soils (permafrost) within Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. A warming climate can induce environmental changes that accelerate the microbial breakdown of organic carbon and the release of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane. This feedb...
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ftncar:oai:drupal-site.org:articles_16587 2023-09-05T13:16:52+02:00 Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback Schuur, E. (author) McGuire, A. (author) Schädel, C. (author) Grosse, G. (author) Harden, J. (author) Hayes, D. (author) Hugelius, G. (author) Koven, C. (author) Kuhry, P. (author) Lawrence, David (author) Natali, S. (author) Olefeldt, D. (author) Romanovsky, V. (author) Schaefer, K. (author) Turetsky, M. (author) Treat, C. (author) Vonk, E. (author) 2015-04-09 http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-021-634 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14338 en eng Nature Publishing Group Nature http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-021-634 doi:10.1038/nature14338 ark:/85065/d7c82bgg Copyright Author(s) 2015. Text article 2015 ftncar https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14338 2023-08-14T18:44:32Z Large quantities of organic carbon are stored in frozen soils (permafrost) within Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. A warming climate can induce environmental changes that accelerate the microbial breakdown of organic carbon and the release of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane. This feedback can accelerate climate change, but the magnitude and timing of greenhouse gas emission from these regions and their impact on climate change remain uncertain. Here we find that current evidence suggests a gradual and prolonged release of greenhouse gas emissions in a warming climate and present a research strategy with which to target poorly understood aspects of permafrost carbon dynamics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change permafrost OpenSky (NCAR/UCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) Arctic Nature 520 7546 171 179 |
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Large quantities of organic carbon are stored in frozen soils (permafrost) within Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. A warming climate can induce environmental changes that accelerate the microbial breakdown of organic carbon and the release of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane. This feedback can accelerate climate change, but the magnitude and timing of greenhouse gas emission from these regions and their impact on climate change remain uncertain. Here we find that current evidence suggests a gradual and prolonged release of greenhouse gas emissions in a warming climate and present a research strategy with which to target poorly understood aspects of permafrost carbon dynamics. |
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Schuur, E. (author) McGuire, A. (author) Schädel, C. (author) Grosse, G. (author) Harden, J. (author) Hayes, D. (author) Hugelius, G. (author) Koven, C. (author) Kuhry, P. (author) Lawrence, David (author) Natali, S. (author) Olefeldt, D. (author) Romanovsky, V. (author) Schaefer, K. (author) Turetsky, M. (author) Treat, C. (author) Vonk, E. (author) |
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