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Past extreme warming events linked to massive carbon release from thawing permafrost

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  • Robert M. DeConto

    (University of Massachusetts)

  • Simone Galeotti

    (Earth, Life, University of Urbino)

  • Mark Pagani

    (Yale University)

  • David Tracy

    (University of Massachusetts)

  • Kevin Schaefer

    (National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder)

  • Tingjun Zhang

    (National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshuinanlu, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China)

  • David Pollard

    (Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park)

  • David J. Beerling

    (University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK)

Abstract

Orbitally triggered decomposition of soil organic carbon in terrestrial permafrost is suggested as an explanation for a series of sudden and extreme global warming events that occurred about 55 million years ago.

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  • Robert M. DeConto & Simone Galeotti & Mark Pagani & David Tracy & Kevin Schaefer & Tingjun Zhang & David Pollard & David J. Beerling, 2012. "Past extreme warming events linked to massive carbon release from thawing permafrost," Nature, Nature, vol. 484(7392), pages 87-91, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:484:y:2012:i:7392:d:10.1038_nature10929
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10929
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    2. Xiaoqian Li & Jianwei Xing & Shouji Pang & Youhai Zhu & Shuai Zhang & Rui Xiao & Cheng Lu, 2022. "Carbon Isotopic Evidence for Gas Hydrate Release and Its Significance on Seasonal Wetland Methane Emission in the Muli Permafrost of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-14, February.
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