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Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

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  • E. A. G. Schuur

    (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011, USA
    University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA)

  • A. D. McGuire

    (US Geological Survey, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Alaska Fairbanks)

  • C. Schädel

    (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011, USA
    University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA)

  • G. Grosse

    (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research)

  • J. W. Harden

    (US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA)

  • D. J. Hayes

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA)

  • G. Hugelius

    (Stockholm University)

  • C. D. Koven

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA)

  • P. Kuhry

    (Stockholm University)

  • D. M. Lawrence

    (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA)

  • S. M. Natali

    (Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540, USA)

  • D. Olefeldt

    (University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1, Canada)

  • V. E. Romanovsky

    (Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA
    Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast 625000, Russia)

  • K. Schaefer

    (National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA)

  • M. R. Turetsky

    (University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada)

  • C. C. Treat

    (Earth Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA)

  • J. E. Vonk

    (Utrecht University)

Abstract

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.

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  • 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. Schae, 2015. "Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback," Nature, Nature, vol. 520(7546), pages 171-179, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:520:y:2015:i:7546:d:10.1038_nature14338
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14338
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