Temperature-Dependent Methanotrophy in High Arctic Permafrost: Implications for Global Warming

• Main Author: Burton, Nicholas
• Other Authors: Onstott, Tullis
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Heiberg; Global warming; permafrost
• Online Access: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp019c67wm93z

As global temperatures continue to rise, more and more permafrost within the high Arctic thaws each year. Given that permafrost is one of the largest terrestrial soil organic carbon (SOC) reservoirs, it is imperative that we understand how this environment will react to rising global temperatures in...