
ENV015-00002
Scientists at the Toolik Research Center study the effects of global warming on the tundra. If the permafrost melts, the amount of carbon released into the air could make man-madeemissions look trivial, the scientists said. Shown are botanists studying a thermokarst in which the permafrost has melted away
Keywords
- Alaska
- Biologist
- Change
- Climate
- Global
- North
- North slope
- Permafrost
- Plant
- Research
- Scientists
- Slope
- Study
- Thermokarst
- Toolik
- Tundra
- Warming
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