Thawing Arctic carbon threatens 'runaway' global warming

The Ecologist
May 14, 2015, 2:10 pm30 pts
Arctic warming is releasing ancient organic matter that's been deep-frozen for millennia, writes Tim Radford. And now scientists have discovered its fate: within weeks it's all digested by bacteria and released to the atmosphere as CO2 - with potentially catastrophic impacts on climate.

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