when arctic soils thaw: can you say vicious cycle?

Written by Ken
08/27/2008
Maybe you had to have grown up in Alaska (as I did) to fully appreciate the permafrost phenomenon, yet little did we know how lucky we were that soil stayed frozen. Howzat? As it thaws, we’re seeing vast new quantities of carbon dioxide (not just methane) percolate up into the atmosphere. Just how vast is the focus [...] Read more...