risk-management-of-climate-thresholds-and-irreversible-change---6---permafrost---mar-2020.pdf
greenhouse gases, driving further global warming 1, 2, 3 . The release of carbon from permafrost thaw is irreversible on human timescales, because even if the temperature reduces and permafrost re-freezes, the mechanisms for burying carbon take place very slowly 3 . This means that a greater