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Co2-Release from Permafrost Soils in Relation to Temperature Changes

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Social and Environmental Impacts in the North: Methods in Evaluation of Socio-Economic and Environmental Consequences of Mining and Energy Production in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic

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This paper will consider the influences of temperature on CO2-evolution not only from the perspective of a direct, causal relationship. It also looks for factors, which trigger soil respiration via their strong relation on temperature. Such effects often act at the cellular or sub-cellular level. The vast extension of permafrost in the northern hemisphere has great importance for the global carbon cycle. Permafrost regions have been identified as a main resource for carbon and thus for CO2-evolution, especially if climatic patterns in this area change drastically.

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Bölter, M., Möller, R., Müller-Lupp, W. (2003). Co2-Release from Permafrost Soils in Relation to Temperature Changes. In: Rasmussen, R.O., Koroleva, N.E. (eds) Social and Environmental Impacts in the North: Methods in Evaluation of Socio-Economic and Environmental Consequences of Mining and Energy Production in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic. NATO Science Series, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1054-2_2

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