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“Methane is a potent greenhouse gas,” said Dr Thomas Birchall of the University Center in Svalbard, lead author of the study in Frontiers in Earth Science. “At present the leakage from below ...

The Arctic and other permafrost-covered regions have remained frozen for thousands of years, acting as a natural time capsule for the planet. However, rising global temperatures are causing this ...

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) uses the 100 year-time frame to compare all greenhouse gases during the 21st century. But over a 20-year time scale, current greenhouse gas ...

The permafrost region, thus, is increasingly contributing to global warming. This phenomenon is also linked to another greenhouse gas – methane. While not as long-lived as carbon dioxide, methane can ...

We wanted to find out how much carbon and nitrogen is being released from the northern permafrost. Here’s the region’s first full greenhouse gas budget covering CO₂, methane, and nitrous oxide.