Recent carbon, not ancient methane ‘time bombs,’ are this century’s big Arctic emissions threat
The likelihood that methane trapped in permafrost won't soon be released is cold comfort.
April 10, 2020
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The Arctic is predicted to warm faster than anywhere else in the world this century, perhaps by as much as 7 degrees Celsius. These rising temperatures threaten one of the largest long-term stores of carbon on land: permafrost.
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