( HANDOUT / AFP/Getty Images )Researchers have confirmed the widespread release of ancient carbon from melting Arctic permafrost in what could be the lit fuse on a climate-change bomb. A paper published this week in Nature Geoscience has released the first measurements of greenhouse gases from permafrost under Arctic lakes. Article Continued BelowThe melt often takes place in Arctic lakes where liquid water thaws long-frozen soil. It was the answer to the final question that most surprised Walter Anthony. “There’s a lot of interest in what the fate of that permafrost carbon is.”Read more about:

Source: thestar August 25, 2016 01:18 UTC