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Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release
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- Merritt R. Turetsky0,
- Benjamin W. Abbott1,
- Miriam C. Jones2,
- Katey Walter Anthony3,
- David Olefeldt4,
- Edward A. G. Schuur5,
- Charles Koven6,
- A. David McGuire7,
- Guido Grosse8,
- Peter Kuhry9,
- Gustaf Hugelius10,
- David M. Lawrence11,
- Carolyn Gibson12 &
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- A. Britta K. Sannel13
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Merritt R. Turetsky
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Merritt R. Turetsky is a Canada Research Chair in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada.
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Benjamin W. Abbott
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Benjamin W. Abbott is assistant professor of ecosystem ecology in the Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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Miriam C. Jones
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Miriam C. Jones is a research geologist at the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA.
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Katey Walter Anthony
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Katey Walter Anthony is associate professor of aquatic ecosystem ecology at the Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
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David Olefeldt
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David Olefeldt is assistant professor of catchment and wetland science in the Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Edward A. G. Schuur
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Edward A. G. Schuur is professor of ecosystem ecology in the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, and Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
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Charles Koven
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Charles Koven is a staff scientist in the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
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A. David McGuire
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A. David McGuire is emeritus professor of ecology at the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
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Guido Grosse
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Guido Grosse is professor for permafrost in the Earth system at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany.
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Peter Kuhry
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Peter Kuhry is professor at the Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden.
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Gustaf Hugelius
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Gustaf Hugelius is a senior lecturer at the Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Sweden.
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David M. Lawrence
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David M. Lawrence is a senior scientist in the Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
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Carolyn Gibson
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Carolyn Gibson is a PhD Student in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada.
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A. Britta K. Sannel
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A. Britta K. Sannel is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Sweden.
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