The fate of the massive amount of carbon stored in permafrost peatlands could determine the magnitude of climate change. Observations now show that warming has stimulated Arctic methane emissions in early summer.
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Chang, KY. Warming reshapes methane fluxes. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 971–972 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01511-5
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