Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Climate peril stirring in permafrost, experts tell UN


Climate peril stirring in permafrost, experts tell UN

About 1,500 billion tonnes of heat-trapping carbon gas are estimated to be locked in permafrost, which is thawing as the climate warms, according to new research. Releasing the carbon will create a vicious cycle in Earth's global-warming problem, said Susan Natali of the Woods Hole Research Center…
AFP

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