The organic matter stored in frozen Arctic soils could release significant quantities of carbon dioxide and methane on thawing. Now, laboratory experiments show that re-wetting of previously thawed permafrost could increase nitrous oxide production by 20-fold.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 print issues and online access
$259.00 per year
only $21.58 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Davidson, E. A. & Janssens, I. A. Nature 440, 165–173 (2006).
Repo, M. E. et al. Nature Geosci. 2, 189–192 (2009).
Elberling, B., Christiansen, H. H. & Hansen, B. U. Nature Geosci. 3, 332–335 (2010).
Mastepanov, M. et al. Nature 456, 628–630 (2008).
Teepe, R., Vor, A., Beese, F. & Ludwig, B. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 55, 357–365 (2004).
Jungkunst, H. F., Fiedler, S. & Stahr, K. J. Geophys. Res. 109, D07302 (2004).
Ruser, R., Flessa, H., Schilling, R., Steindl, H. & Beese, F. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 62, 1587–1595 (1998).
Koehler, B., Corre, M. D., Veldkamp, E., Wullaert, H. & Wright, S. J. Glob. Change Biol. 15, 2049–2066 (2009).
Steudler P. A. et al. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 16, GB1023 (2002).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Jungkunst, H. Arctic thaw. Nature Geosci 3, 306–307 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo851
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo851
