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Activation of old carbon by erosion of coastal and subsea permafrost in Arctic Siberia

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  • J. E. Vonk

    (Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-11418, Stockholm, Sweden
    Present addresses: Geological Institute, ETH-Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland (J.E.V.); Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences (IC3), C/Doctor Trueta 203, 08005, Barcelona, Spain (L.S.-G.); School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (B.E.v.D.); Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Sognsveien 72, 0855, Oslo, Norway (V.A.).)

  • L. Sánchez-García

    (Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-11418, Stockholm, Sweden
    Present addresses: Geological Institute, ETH-Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland (J.E.V.); Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences (IC3), C/Doctor Trueta 203, 08005, Barcelona, Spain (L.S.-G.); School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (B.E.v.D.); Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Sognsveien 72, 0855, Oslo, Norway (V.A.).)

  • B. E. van Dongen

    (Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-11418, Stockholm, Sweden
    Present addresses: Geological Institute, ETH-Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland (J.E.V.); Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences (IC3), C/Doctor Trueta 203, 08005, Barcelona, Spain (L.S.-G.); School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (B.E.v.D.); Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Sognsveien 72, 0855, Oslo, Norway (V.A.).)

  • V. Alling

    (Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-11418, Stockholm, Sweden
    Present addresses: Geological Institute, ETH-Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland (J.E.V.); Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences (IC3), C/Doctor Trueta 203, 08005, Barcelona, Spain (L.S.-G.); School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (B.E.v.D.); Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Sognsveien 72, 0855, Oslo, Norway (V.A.).)

  • D. Kosmach

    (Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Baltiiskaya 43, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia)

  • A. Charkin

    (Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Baltiiskaya 43, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia)

  • I. P. Semiletov

    (Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Baltiiskaya 43, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia
    International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, PO Box 757335, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7335, USA)

  • O. V. Dudarev

    (Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Baltiiskaya 43, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia)

  • N. Shakhova

    (Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Baltiiskaya 43, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia
    International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, PO Box 757335, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7335, USA)

  • P. Roos

    (Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark)

  • T. I. Eglinton

    (Geological Institute, ETH-Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland)

  • A. Andersson

    (Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-11418, Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Ö. Gustafsson

    (Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-11418, Stockholm, Sweden)

Abstract

Extensive release of carbon from coastal permafrost is found to dominate the sedimentary carbon budget of the world’s largest continental shelf, with about two-thirds of this old carbon escaping to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

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  • J. E. Vonk & L. Sánchez-García & B. E. van Dongen & V. Alling & D. Kosmach & A. Charkin & I. P. Semiletov & O. V. Dudarev & N. Shakhova & P. Roos & T. I. Eglinton & A. Andersson & Ö. Gustafsson, 2012. "Activation of old carbon by erosion of coastal and subsea permafrost in Arctic Siberia," Nature, Nature, vol. 489(7414), pages 137-140, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:489:y:2012:i:7414:d:10.1038_nature11392
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11392
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    1. Birgit Wild & Natalia Shakhova & Oleg Dudarev & Alexey Ruban & Denis Kosmach & Vladimir Tumskoy & Tommaso Tesi & Hanna Grimm & Inna Nybom & Felipe Matsubara & Helena Alexanderson & Martin Jakobsson & , 2022. "Organic matter composition and greenhouse gas production of thawing subsea permafrost in the Laptev Sea," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
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