{"id":41695,"date":"2025-12-08T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/articles\/cosi-il-suolo-artico-compensa-le-emissioni-del-permafrost-alpino\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:15:18","slug":"arctic-soil-permafrost-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/arctic-soil-permafrost-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s how Arctic soil offsets emissions from alpine permafrost"},"content":{"rendered":"

Climate change reduces the absorption of greenhouse gases by alpine permafrost but, at the same time, it stimulates CO2 and methane sequestration in Arctic frozen soil, a Chinese study has found. In the first case, global warming potential increases by 13%. In the second, it decreases by 10%<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

Global warming alters the carbon absorption<\/strong> capacity of the various regions of the planet that are home to permafrost<\/strong>, the soil that remains frozen permanently or for long periods (at least two years). Rising temperatures, in particular, increase the capacity to capture the element in Arctic ecosystems. However, at the same time, they reduce this capacity in alpine areas. This is claimed in a study<\/a> published in the journal Science Advances and conducted by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Permafrost erosion reduces carbon sequestration in the oceans<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n