Study: Alaskan Soil Thaw Sends Carbon Directly Back Into Atmosphere
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 15:00
in Earth & Climate
Researchers find that permafrost organic material is so biodegradable that as soon as it thaws, the carbon is almost immediately consumed by single-cell organisms called microbes and then released back into the air as carbon dioxide, feeding the global climate cycle. Their findings are laid out in an article published today by the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.