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Bad sign for global warming: Thawing permafrost holds vast carbon pool
Date:9/3/2008

than what is found in shrubs or trees.

For example, he said, a mature boreal forest may contain five kilograms per meter squared of stored carbon. But the same area of permafrost soil can contain 44 kilograms, and 80 percent of that could be lost over long-term warming. "The bottom line," he said, "is that you can't grow a big enough forest to offset the carbon release from the permafrost."


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Contact: Ted Schuur
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University of Florida
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