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Unexpected Boost of Methane, Permafrost is Warming at a Global Scale

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Rapid changes in the long-frozen soil are raising concerns about a surge of planet-warming greenhouse gases as the permafrost thaws. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16012019/permafrost-thaw-climate-change-temperature-data-arctic-antarctica-mountains-study

SOURCES

Permafrost is warming at a global scale https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-08240-4#Fig4

How Nitrogen Contributes to Permafrost Carbon Dynamics https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-nitrogen-contributes-to-permafrost-carbon-dynamics Adding Depth to Our Understanding of Nitrogen Dynamics in Permafrost Soils https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018JG004518

Unexpected future boost of methane possible from Arctic permafrost https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2785/unexpected-future-boost-of-methane-possible-from-arctic-permafrost/

Thawing Alaska Permafrost Sends Autumn CO2 Emissions Surging https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08052017/arctic-permafrost-thawing-alaska-temperatures-co2-emissions

PAGE21 educational images https://www.page21.eu/press-center/2-uncategorised/55-

Rapid changes in the long-frozen soil are raising concerns about a surge of planet-warming greenhouse gases as the permafrost thaws. 

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16012019/permafrost-thaw-climate-change-temperature-data-arctic-antarctica-mountains-study

SOURCES

Permafrost is warming at a global scale 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-08240-4#Fig4

How Nitrogen Contributes to Permafrost Carbon Dynamics 

https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-nitrogen-contributes-to-permafrost-carbon-dynamics 

Adding Depth to Our Understanding of Nitrogen 

Dynamics in Permafrost Soils 

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018JG004518

Unexpected future boost of methane possible from Arctic permafrost 

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2785/unexpected-future-boost-of-methane-possible-from-arctic-permafrost/

Thawing Alaska Permafrost Sends Autumn CO2 Emissions Surging https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08052017/arctic-permafrost-thawing-alaska-temperatures-co2-emissions

PAGE21 educational images 

https://www.page21.eu/press-center/2-uncategorised/55-promotional-material

Siberia: The Melting Permafrost – ARTE Documentary 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vP7DiQSPbc

Some Arctic ground no longer freezing—even in winter 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/08/news-arctic-permafrost-may-thaw-faster-than-expected/

‘The permafrost is dying’: Bethel sees increased shifting of roads and buildings 

https://www.arctictoday.com/the-permafrost-is-dying-bethel-sees-increased-shifting-of-roads-and-buildings/

Melting Permafrost Could Damage Infrastructure For 3.6 Million People 

https://scienceblog.com/504834/melting-permafrost-could-damage-infrastructure-for-3-6-million-people/

France 24: Could thawing permafrost unleash long-gone … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8pSo3_0gkk

Impact of Climate Change on Permafrost with Special Reference to Ladakh- Dr 

Joseph Thsetan Gergan 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90RQc2z4MfU

The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow: Dr. Katey Walter Anthony: What’s Happening to the Permafrost? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fetZbsIH_yk

NASA’s 2018 Permafrost Special “All Hell Breaks Lose” 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loAB0U0S0UM

Additional sources, NASA, Pixabay, USGS, EpicStockMedia.com

Further reading, Pleistocene Park 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene_Park

Narrated by Bren Cormac

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