Methane production as key to the greenhouse gas budget of thawing permafrost

Methane production as key to the greenhouse gas budget of thawing permafrost

Methane production as key to the greenhouse gas budget of thawing permafrost, Published online: 19 March 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0095-z

An organic carbon decomposition model, calibrated with laboratory incubations, indicates a greater production rate of CO2-C equivalents from waterlogged (compared to drained) permafrost soils, when the higher global warming potential of methane is factored in.