Pre-industrial carbon found in Canadian Arctic waters

Old or possibly ancient carbon is being released from Arctic soils, according to new evidence cited by The Washington Post. The work is an indicator permafrost thaw could be aggravating climate change — although The Washington Post said scientists are debating how much ancient carbon Arctic soils would discharge normally. Study lead author Joshua Dean of Vrije University told The Washington Post, "I would say if you're looking at anything pushing several hundred years old to a thousand years old,...

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