Tag: Arctic tundra

Study finds sinking tundra surface unlikely to trigger runaway permafrost thaw

sarah JonasResearch Results

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists set out to address one of the biggest uncertainties about how carbon-rich permafrost will respond to gradual sinking of the land surface as temperatures rise. Using a high-performance computer simulation, the research team found that soil subsidence is unlikely to cause rampant thawing in the future.