Past extreme warming events linked to massive carbon release from thawing permafrost

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Orbitally triggered decomposition of soil organic carbon in terrestrial permafrost is suggested as an explanation for a series of sudden and extreme global warming events that occurred about 55 million years ago.

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http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v484/n7392/full/nature10929.html
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05/04/2012