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Yale Environment 360: A new study in Alaska shows that as permafrost soils thaw, they rapidly release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, further exacerbating global warming. Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and two universities dug a tunnel in permafrost near Fairbanks and subjected the frozen soils to rising temperatures. The study showed that permafrost is highly biodegradable, with the carbon in the thawing soils rapidly being consumed by single-celled organisms. Those organisms then release carbon into......
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Thawing Permafrost Soils Rapidly Release CO2 Into Atmosphere
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 27th, 2015
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