Study shows thawing permafrost quickly turns into CO2
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 21:20
in Earth & Climate
partners including the University of Colorado Boulder have quantified how rapidly ancient permafrost decomposes upon thawing and how much carbon dioxide is produced in the process. Huge stores of organic carbon in permafrost soils — frozen for hundreds to tens of thousands of years across high northern latitudes worldwide — are currently isolated from the […]