New Arctic Lakes Could Soon Be a Major Source of Atmospheric Methane

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New Arctic Lakes Could Soon Be a Major Source of Atmospheric Methane
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2018-08-17 - images.nasa.gov

Summary

For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic's permanently frozen soil known as permafrost. As Earth's climate continues to warm, that carbon has begun to leach into the atmosphere, the result of microbes waking up and digesting once-frozen organic materials. A

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  • Source collection: NASA
  • License: Public Domain (US Government)
  • Category: Space

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