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Posted Wed Dec 21 2011: from Nature News: Permafrost science heats up in the United States http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1324500921 The US Department of Energy (DOE) is embarking on a US $100-million research programme to investigate what will happen to the 1,500 billion tonnes of organic carbon locked up in frozen soils of the far northern permafrost when they thaw in the rapidly warming Arctic climate. [Read more stories about: anthropogenic change, arctic meltdown, climate impacts, death spiral, methane release, holyshit] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! 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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