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Posted Tue Nov 11 2008: from Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Alaska permafrost study reveals larger global warming problem http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1226426784 Alaskans should watch where they step. University of Alaska professor Chien-Lu Ping and a team of researchers have dug more than 100 holes around the state, taking permafrost samples for a paper published in the October issue of the journal Nature Geoscience. In the paper, Ping concluded frozen Arctic soil contains nearly twice as much organic material and greenhouse gases as previously thought. He based his conclusions on the information collected in Alaska and more than 10 years of research. [Read more stories about: permafrost meltdown] New!: Your Quips: kyle says: "What a rotten development." Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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