Carbon emissions from warming soils could trigger disastrous feedback loop

26-year study reveals natural biological factors kick in once warming reaches certain point, leading to potentially unstoppable increase in temperaturesWarming soils are releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than previously thought, suggesting a potentially disastrous feedback mechanism whereby increases in global temperatures will trigger massive new carbon releases in a cycle that may be impossible to break.The increased production of carbon comes from the microbes within soils, according to areport in the peer-review journal Science, published on Friday.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Soil Greenhouse gas emissions Climate change Fossil fuels Environment UK news Microbiology Science Geology Arctic Source Type: news