BYU Abbott Ecology Lab

While here in Utah we are experiencing drought and fire, researchers in the Artic are studying a different response to climate change, including researchers from BYU. Here's a little about permafrost and its part in the climate change story.

Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release The sudden collapse of thawing soils in the Arctic might double the warming from greenhouse gases released from tundra, warn Merritt R. Turetsky and colleagues.