The effect of permafrost thaw on old carbon release and net carbon exchange from tundra

By E. Schuur, J. Vogel, K. Crummer, Hanna Lee, J. Sickman, T. Osterkamp. Nature, 2009

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Permafrost carbon-climate feedbacks accelerate global warming (2011, background): “Laboratory incubation experiments (2) and field studies (3) suggest that this old carbon could be lost rapidly through decomposition in response to warming.”
European seaweeds under pressure: Consequences for communities and ecosystem functioning (2015, background): “Currently, the Holocene has further potential to lead northern range shifts (Schuur et al., 2009) and the rapid pace of environmental change may leave little opportunity for adaptation, suggesting that range shifts associated with local extinction are the most likely outcome for most species.”
Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property (2011, background): “During permafrost thaw, which is expected to become widespread owing to mineralization 61 62 is evidence that old carbon is mobilized following permafrost thaw 61,63 , which indicates that organic matter previously locked in the permafrost is highly vulnerable.”
Statistical Forecasting of Current and Future Circum‐Arctic Ground Temperatures and Active Layer Thickness (2018, background): “They will amplify climate warming through various surface-atmosphere feedback such as release of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, and N2O) from warming soils and changes in ground reflectance (Christensen et al., 2004; Schuur et al., 2009).”
Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options (2010, neutral): “For example, increased thaw rates and depths in high-latitude permafrost render the large stocks of organic carbon in these soils (400 Petagrams (Pg); that is, 4,000 million tonnes) vulnerable to increased decomposition rate”
Contribution of permafrost soils to the global carbon budget (2013, background): “Among the numerous studies that have investigated the effect of global warming on permafrost, most explicitly considered the thawing of permafrost (Lawrence and Slater 2005, Dutta et al 2006, Anisimov 2007, Schuur et al 2009, Schneider von Deimling et al 2011).”
Storage, patterns, and control of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in the northeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (2012, background): “High-altitude soils play a critical role in the global terrestrial carbon cycle due to low temperature and potential sensitivity to climate warming (Davidson and Janssens 2006, Zimov et al 2006, Yang et al 2008, Post et al 2009, Schuur et al 2009).”
Permafrost thaw and resulting soil moisture changes regulate projected high-latitude CO2 and CH4 emissions (2015, background): “High latitude terrestrial warming is leading to soil warming and permafrost thaw, and is likely beginning to expose significant quantities of organic carbon (C) to decomposition by soil microbes (Schuur et al 2009, Schuur et al 2015).”