First direct measurements show West Siberian rivers are a major source of carbon emissions

Researchers had never before taken on-the-ground measurements form West Siberia rivers. They found those rivers emit on average twice the carbon released downstream into the Arctic Ocean.

By Victoria Herrmann, High North News September 21, 2018
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A ground-breaking climate change study sheds light on the little-known effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic river carbon emissions in Western Siberia — and it isn’t good news.

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