The role of snow cover affecting boreal-arctic soil freeze–thaw and carbon dynamics
Northern Hemisphere permafrost affected land areas contain about twice as much carbon as the global atmosphere. This vast carbon pool is vulnerable to accelerated losses through mobilization and decomposition under projected global warming. Satellite data records spanning the past 3 decades indicate...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-10-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/5811/2015/bg-12-5811-2015.pdf |