Massive remobilization of permafrost carbon during post-glacial warming

Atmospheric CO2 increases during the last deglaciation have been linked to the destabilisation of permafrost carbon reservoirs. Here, using a sediment core from the Laptev Sea, Tesi et al. indicate a massive supply of permafrost carbon was released from Siberia following active layer deepening.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: T. Tesi, F. Muschitiello, R. H. Smittenberg, M. Jakobsson, J. E. Vonk, P. Hill, A. Andersson, N. Kirchner, R. Noormets, O. Dudarev, I. Semiletov, Ö Gustafsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-11-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13653