Underwater permafrost is a big, gassy wild card for the climate
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This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Scientists used torpedo-shaped robots to map the Arctic seafloor with sonar, revealing massive sinkholes of thawed permafrost.
The result is the worrisome image shown above—a massive sinkhole indicating that the subsea permafrost has thawed and collapsed.
You’ve probably heard of permafrost, the frozen carbon-rich land. But it’s also thawing under the sea, burping up planet-warming…