Estimating the permafrost-carbon feedback on global warming
Thawing of permafrost and the associated release of carbon constitutes a positive feedback in the climate system.
Soil carbon and climate: From the Jenkinson effect to the compost-bomb instability GallerySoil carbon and climate: From the Jenkinson effect to the compost-bomb instability
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Soil carbon and climate: From the Jenkinson effect to the compost-bomb instability
The instability is also found to be strongly dependent on the rate of global warming.
Last Time Carbon Dioxide Levels Were This High: 15 Million Years Ago
You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today.
Study: West Nile virus in the context of climate change
West Nile Virus is now known to infect a wide range of birds, with secondary transmission to many mammals as well as humans.
Study: Bacteria outbreak due to ocean warming
Climate change is the main driver behind the unexpected emergence of a group of bacteria in northern Europe.
Research closes gap between Warming and CO2 Rise
What we're doing now is over a hundred times faster.
Geologic methane seeps along boundaries of Arctic permafrost thaw and melting glaciers
Our findings imply that in a warming climate, disintegration of permafrost, glaciers and parts of the polar ice sheets could facilitate the transient expulsion of 14C-depleted methane trapped by the cryosphere cap.
Richard Alley on Greenland (2013)
Peter Sinclair interviews Richard Alley at a conference in Colorado.