Antarctic permafrost degassing in Taylor Valley by extensive soil gas investigation

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Ruggiero, Livio, Sciarra, Alessandra, Mazzini, Adriano, Florindo, Fabio, Wilson, Gary S., Tartarello, Maria Chiara, Mazzoli, Claudio, Anderson, Jacob T. H., Romano, Valentina, Worthington, Richard, Bigi, Sabina, Sassi, Raffaele, Ciotoli, Giancarlo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctica; CO(2) output; McMurdo Dry Valley; Permafrost; Soil gas survey; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11577/3467229; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161345

: Ongoing studies conducted in northern polar regions reveal that permafrost stability plays a key role in the modern carbon cycle as it potentially stores considerable quantities of greenhouse gases. Rapid and recent warming of the Arctic permafrost is resulting in significant greenhouse gas emissi...