Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw

2020/02/01 by Merritt R. Turetsky, Benjamin W. Abbott, Miriam C. Jones +12 · 37 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Climate change and permafrost #Cryospheric studies and observations

paper · doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0526-0

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