The impacts of recent permafrost thaw on land–atmosphere greenhouse gas exchange

Permafrost thaw and the subsequent mobilization of carbon (C) stored in previously frozen soil organic matter (SOM) have the potential to be a strong positive feedback to climate. As the northern permafrost region experiences as much as a doubling of the rate of warming as the rest of the Earth, the...

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Main Authors: Daniel J Hayes, David W Kicklighter, A David McGuire, Min Chen, Qianlai Zhuang, Fengming Yuan, Jerry M Melillo, Stan D Wullschleger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/045005