Scientists have long fretted that climate change -- which has heated Arctic and subarctic regions at double the global rate -- will release planet-warming CO2 and methane that has remained safely locked inside Earth's frozen landscapes for millennia.
"Although abrupt permafrost thawing will occur in less than 20 percent of frozen land, it increases permafrost carbon release projections by about 50 percent," said lead author Merritt Turetsky, head of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research in Boulder, Colorado. Some of this once rock-solid ground has begun to soften, upending indigenous communities and threatening industrial infrastructure across the sub-Arctic region, especially in Russia.
In a special report published in September, the UN's scientific advisory body for climate change, the IPCC, looked at two scenarios. One tonne of carbon is equivalent to 3.67 tonnes of carbon dioxide , which means this would be equivalent to about eight years of global emissions at current rates.
Hyperbolic alarmism based on dubious assumptions. The available evidence shows that: 1. CO2 isn't the climate control knob. 2. Several times in the past few thousand years the Arctic has been warmer than now:
Lol 'climatologists' have the same accuracy as watchtower does predicting the end time's. Thankfully people like us have no respect for dishonest scientists
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Horse shit story! Palm trees once grew in the arctic. Don’t feed us BS about perma frost being locked in.
Using a picture of a graveyard irrelevant to the story. Do you not see the deception, the agenda of these fear-mongers?
About fuckin time
I would love to see a tally of how many of these “studies” and “predictions” have been wrong over the last 50+ years, because NONE have been right.
Nope
The more you nag about something the less people care...
Let’s face it....everything causes climate change.....yup everything.
Well from what the latest scientific information being released says, we are entering a cooling stage with the reduced solar activity. I’m guessing it will freeze up !
FakeNewsMedia
ClimateCultBS
It’s all about profit,growth and jobs! The old economic business model is showing its serious weak underbelly. What is the solution, carbon tax schemes of foolishly ignorant politicians?
Russians have had sink holes for decades sooo this is a non story
So we're down to what? 6-8 yrs? We should really give proper Socialism one more try. Right Comrades? gfy
Reported for fake news
Ya hear that snowflakes? Max out those credit cards. It’s all over.
Liberal govt is like....
Climate change is code for global political awakening. This is really what they are fighting against.
Just stop!
Climate what?!? That’s a M Y T H ! ! !
Is this yet another study designed to 'herd' the masses?
And more fake news from our trusted Canadian new outlets keep up the good work....
The climate has been changing since the planet formed. Pretty sure this process has repeated a number of times by now.
Climate is always changing, naturally. The climate has changed in the past, is changing now and will change in the future. There are some 'Natural Climate change' deniers.
I look forward to the day we can grow something else than wheat and radishes. Climate change will be good for agriculture in Canada. Let’s get this show on the road. Go climate change go!
Did you see all radioactive water Japan is releasing into the ocean?
BULLSHIT!!
Totally bull crap
New TAX for Canadians
Now do ancient viruses, once trapped in perma-frost, now on the threshold of being released.....
WHY DO YOU SPREAD FAKE NEWS ?
You guys realize 🤷🏻♂️:
Sure
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