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Environmental News Network: As temperatures rise, some of the organic carbon stored in Arctic permafrost meets an unexpected fate—burial at sea. As many as 2.2 million metric tons of organic carbon per year are swept along by a single river system into Arctic Ocean sediment, according to a new study an international team of researchers published today in Nature. This process locks away carbon dioxide (CO2) - a greenhouse gas - and helps stabilize the earth’s CO2 levels over time, and it may help scientists better predict how......
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Study shows some permafrost carbon transported by river to the ocean
Posted by Environmental News Network: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on August 10th, 2015
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