Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

Identifier

911.2

Title

Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

Description

A large amount of organic carbon stored in frozen Arctic soils (permafrost) could be released as carbon dioxide and methane in a warming climate, which would accelerate the pace of climate change; this review suggests that release of greenhouse gas emissions will be gradual but prolonged.

Source

Nature
Vol. 520
No. 7546

Publisher

Nature

Date

09.04.2015

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Article

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Files

nature14338.pdf

Citation

E. A. G. Schuur, A. D. McGuire, C. Schädel, G. Grosse, J. W. Harden, D. J. Hayes, G. Hugelius, C. D. Koven, P. Kuhry, D. M. Lawrence, S. M. Natali, D. Olefeldt, V. E. Romanovsky, K. Schaefer, M. R. Turetsky, C. C. Treat & J. E. Vonk, “Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback,” Uwekind Resource Centre, accessed October 11, 2026, https://library.uwekind.com/items/show/197.