Snow cover over a bog in Saariselka northern Finland.


Snow cover over a bog in Saariselka northern Finland. As the temperatures warm and the permafrost starts to melt large quantities of both carbon dioxide but more worryingly methane are starting to be released. An example of a positive feedback loop that is accelerating climate change


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