The thawing frontier: permafrost tipping points threaten a self-reinforcing climate feedback
TL;DR
Climate scientist Gustaf Hugelius warns that warming could push vast Arctic permafrost past tipping points, releasing CO2 and methane in a self-reinforcing feedback that could sustain warming for decades or centuries; reducing emissions now is essential to limit permafrost thaw and its climate impacts.
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