Atmospheric methane levels increased over geological formations in Northern Siberia following a heat wave in 2020, suggesting that permafrost thaw releases methane from reservoirs.
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Edited by James O’Connell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, and approved April 9, 2013 (received for review February 12, 2013)
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- Stephen Wroea,b,
- Judith H. Fielda,1,
- Michael Archera,
- Donald K. Graysonc,
- Gilbert J. Priced,
- Julien Louysd,
- J. Tyler Faithe,
- Gregory E. Webbd,
- Iain Davidsonf, and
- Scott D. Mooneya
- aSchool of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;
- bSchool of Engineering, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia;
- cDepartment of Anthropology and Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195;
- dSchool of Earth Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia;
- eSchool of Social Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia; and
- fSchool of Humanities, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
Edited by James O’Connell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, and approved April 9, 2013 (received for review February 12, 2013)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: judith.field{at}unsw.edu.au.
Author contributions: S.W. and J.H.F. designed research; S.W., J.H.F., G.J.P., and J.L. performed research; G.J.P., J.L., J.T.F., and S.D.M. analyzed data; and S.W., J.H.F., M.A., D.K.G., J.T.F., G.E.W., I.D., and S.D.M. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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