Researchers Predict Permafrost Thaw Will Intensify Climate Change More Quickly Than Previously Thought; Melting of Greenland Icesheet Could Drive More Water Than Previously Thought to North American Northeast
Green Car Congress
MAY 28, 2009
Permafrost soils in boreal and Arctic ecosystems store almost twice as much carbon as is currently present in the atmosphere. —Ted Permafrost. Ted Schuur, University of Florida and lead author of the study. Major northeastern cities are directly in the path of the greatest rise. NCAR scientist Aixue Hu, the lead author.
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