Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

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. Schaefer, M. R. Turetsky, C. C. Treat and J. E. Vonk
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E. A. G. Schuur: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011, 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
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
V. E. Romanovsky: Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA
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

Nature, 2015, vol. 520, issue 7546, 171-179

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.

Date: 2015
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