Projecting the release of carbon from permafrost soils using a perturbed parameter ensemble modelling approach

The soils of the northern hemispheric permafrost region are estimated to contain 1100 to 1500 Pg of carbon. A substantial fraction of this carbon has been frozen and therefore protected from microbial decay for millennia. As anthropogenic climate warming progresses much of this permafrost is expecte...

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Published in:Biogeosciences
Main Authors: A. H. MacDougall, R. Knutti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-04-01
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Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/2123/2016/bg-13-2123-2016.pdf