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News Release 14-085

Certain Arctic lakes store more greenhouse gases than they release

New research contradicts long-held assumption about the role of thermokarst lakes

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A thermokarst lake

Thermokarst lakes occur as permafrost thaws and creates surface depressions that fill with melted freshwater.

Credit: Katey Walter Anthony / University of Alaska Fairbanks


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