Carbon loss from an unprecedented Arctic tundra wildfire

Large carbon release from Alaskan tundra fire In 2007, an area of more than 1,000 square kilometres of Alaskan tundra was destroyed by a single fire, more than doubling the cumulative area burnt in this region since 1950. Michelle Mack and colleagues now show that, in the process, 2.1 teragrams of c...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 475; no. 7357; pp. 489 - 492
Main Authors:	Mack, Michelle C., Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia, Hollingsworth, Teresa N., Jandt, Randi R., Schuur, Edward A. G., Shaver, Gaius R., Verbyla, David L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.07.2011 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	704/106/694 704/158/2445 704/172/169/209 Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Arctic Regions Biological and medical sciences Carbon - chemistry Carbon dating Climate change Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change Earth, ocean, space Ecosystem Ecosystems Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Fires Forest & brush fires Forest and land fires Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Global warming Holocene Humanities and Social Sciences letter Meteorology multidisciplinary Net losses Organic matter Organic soils Permafrost Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection Predation Radiocarbon dating Residual soils River ecology Rivers Science Science (multidisciplinary) Soil - chemistry Soil organic matter Synecology Taiga & tundra Terrestrial ecosystems Tundra Weather damages. Fires Wildfires Alaska United States North America America United States > US Arctic region North Slope PN, Arctic USA, Alaska Dynamical climatology Climate change Vegetation fire Carbon Tundra Loss
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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