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Data show no sign of methane boost from thawing permafrost

Carbon dioxide levels rising, though, in response to warming around Alaska’s North Slope

NOAA Barrow Research Station

THAWING OUT  Emissions of carbon dioxide, but not methane, having risen alongside warming temperatures in a region of northern Alaska, according to an analysis of atmospheric measurements made at this research station in Barrow.

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By Thomas Sumner

- More than 2 years ago

SAN FRANCISCO — One climate doomsday scenario can be downgraded, new research suggests.