Sentences with phrase «thawing of permafrost peatlands»

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«Thawing permafrost in arctic peatlands could also trigger the loss of previously inaccessible carbon.

Without intervention to prevent it, dozens of billions of tons of carbon will be released by 2100 as the permafrost peatlands thaw and the plant materials become subjected to microbial breakdown.

Estop - Aragonés C, Cooper MDA, Fisher JP, Thierry A, Garnett MH, Charman DJ, Murton JB, Phoenix GK, Treharne R, Sanderson NK, Burn CR, Kokelj S V, Wolfe SA, Lewkowicz AG, Williams M, Hartley IP (2018) Limited release of previously - frozen C and increased new peat formation after thaw in permafrost peatlands.

While Sweden has only a small area of these permafrost peatlands, there are huge swaths in Russia and Canada, and their thawing and gas releases was hoped to be avoided.