Fate of carbon stored in permafrost remains subject of intense research
Analysis of nearly three decades of air samples from Alaska’s North Slope shows little change in long-term methane emissions despite significant Arctic warming over that time period, according to new research published in Geophysical Research Letters.
![Sunset along the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Sunset along the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20Arctic%20National%20Wildlife%20Refuge2.jpg?itok=sCRJEpJl)
Sunset along the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.