Microbial iron cycling during palsa hillslope collapse promotes greenhouse gas emissions before complete permafrost thaw

Microbial reduction and dissolution of reactive iron (III) mobilizes mineral-bound organic carbon, which contributes to carbon dioxide production and promotes methanogenesis and methane emission before complete permafrost thaw, according to an observational study along collapsing palsa hillslopes in...

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Main Authors: Monique S. Patzner, Merritt Logan, Amy M. McKenna, Robert B. Young, Zhe Zhou, Hanna Joss, Carsten W. Mueller, Carmen Hoeschen, Thomas Scholten, Daniel Straub, Sara Kleindienst, Thomas Borch, Andreas Kappler, Casey Bryce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00407-8