Permafrost thaw below Arctic lakes could be a much worse greenhouse gas source than previously thought
"Considerable quantities of permafrost carbon release will occur sooner than we thought, decades from now instead of centuries from now.”
August 21, 2018
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There is trouble bubbling in the millions of permafrost lakes dotting the Arctic landscape: massive amounts of carbon being released into the atmosphere and not yet factored into global greenhouse gas calculations.
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