More Permafrost Than Thought May Be Lost as Planet Warms

April 11, 2017/ HENRY FOUNTAIN / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment

A study suggests that as the planet warms toward 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, each degree Celsius of warming will lead to the thawing of 1.5 million square miles of permafrost.

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