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Articles | Volume 19, issue 4
Articles | Volume 19, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1211-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1211-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 4
Research article
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28 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 28 Feb 2022

Age and chemistry of dissolved organic carbon reveal enhanced leaching of ancient labile carbon at the permafrost thaw zone

Karis J. McFarlane, Heather M. Throckmorton, Jeffrey M. Heikoop, Brent D. Newman, Alexandra L. Hedgpeth, Marisa N. Repasch, Thomas P. Guilderson, and Cathy J. Wilson

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Planetary warming is increasing seasonal thaw of permafrost, making this extensive old carbon stock vulnerable. In northern Alaska, we found more and older dissolved organic carbon in small drainages later in summer as more permafrost was exposed by deepening thaw. Younger and older carbon did not differ in chemical indicators related to biological lability suggesting this carbon can cycle through aquatic systems and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions as warming increases permafrost thaw.
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