Melting permafrost releases greenhouse gases
A UN report has warned that carbon dioxide and methane released from melting permafrost could push the climate past a tipping point and dangerously accelerate global warming.
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- Broadcast: 28/11/2012, Reporter: Tony Jones http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3643327.htm
- Thawing permafrost may amplify global warming, U.N. reports https://www.latimes.com/science/la-xpm-2012-nov-29-la-sci-sn-thawing-permafrost-global-warming-20121129-story.html
- Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost http://www.unep.org/pdf/permafrost.pdf
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