Soil temperature response to 21st century global warming: the role of and some implications for peat carbon in thawing permafrost soils in North America
Northern peatlands contain a large terrestrial carbon pool that plays an important role in the Earth's carbon cycle. A considerable fraction of this carbon pool is currently in permafrost and is biogeochemically relatively inert; this will change with increasing soil temperatures as a result of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-06-01
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| Series: | Earth System Dynamics |
| Online Access: | http://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/2/121/2011/esd-2-121-2011.pdf |