Articles | Volume 18, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4937-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4937-2021
Research article
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10 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 10 Sep 2021

Estimated effect of the permafrost carbon feedback on the zero emissions commitment to climate change

Andrew H. MacDougall

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on bg-2021-136', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jul 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1 and RC2', Andrew MacDougall, 04 Aug 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on bg-2021-136', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Jul 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1 and RC2', Andrew MacDougall, 04 Aug 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Aug 2021) by Alexey V. Eliseev
AR by Andrew MacDougall on behalf of the Authors (06 Aug 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (07 Aug 2021) by Alexey V. Eliseev
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Short summary
Permafrost soils hold about twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. As the Earth warms the organic matter in these soils will decay, releasing CO2 and CH4. It is expected that these soils will continue to release carbon to the atmosphere long after man-made emissions of greenhouse gases cease. Here we use a method employing hundreds of slightly varying model versions to estimate how much warming permafrost carbon will cause after human emissions of CO2 end.
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