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Re:Alaska’s thawing soils are now pouring carbon dioxide int... by seikilos on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:02PM (#15085103)
How long would that all take to melt? According to your source only 50 of the 1400Gt could be abruptly released.
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Re:Alaska’s thawing soils are now pouring carbon dioxide int... by tajen on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @08:02PM (#15086391)
I think they've tried to convert those 50Gt into palatable comparisons: It equals to a 2 additional degrees increase of global warming, or reaching the 2100 temperature in 2080. But we're talking about methane – the original article was about CO2.
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