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SUBMITTER: Shakhova N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5489687 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nature communications 20170622
The rates of subsea permafrost degradation and occurrence of gas-migration pathways are key factors controlling the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) emissions, yet these factors still require assessment. It is thought that after inundation, permafrost-degradation rates would decrease over time and submerged thaw-lake taliks would freeze; therefore, no CH<sub>4</sub> release would occur for millennia. Here we present results of the first comprehensive scientific re-drill ...[more]