Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pascual D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497679 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pascual Didac D Kuhry Peter P Raudina Tatiana T
Ambio 20201207 11
The thawing and subsequent decomposition of large stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC) currently stored in the northern circumpolar permafrost region are projected to result in a 'positive' feedback on global warming. The magnitude of this feedback can only be assessed with improved knowledge about the total size and geographic distribution of the permafrost SOC pool. This study investigates SOC storage in an under-sampled mountain permafrost area in the Russian High Altai. SOC stocks from 39 soi ...[more]