Is the Arctic permafrost in a warming feedback loop that will unleash a methane bomb, pushing the planet past a tipping point and into inevitable climate doom?<\/p>\n
Not precisely.<\/p>\n
But the warming permafrost does release greenhouse gases, and they do matter. Understanding the Arctic permafrost's role in the global climate cycle is important. And there absolutely is alarming evidence of climate change in the Arctic, to which we must pay attention.<\/p>\n
In this episode, permafrost researcher Dr. Gustaf Hugelius of Stockholm University explains what the best scientific evidence says about the thawing of Arctic permafrost and its significance to the climate. We also debunk some of the hyperbolic claims that have been made about it. You\u2019ll learn why, although there are climate feedback loops acting in the Arctic, they are much more predictable and modest in effect than they have been made out to be. You\u2019ll also learn that there are no well-defined \u201ctipping points,\u201d nor is there likely to be a \u2019methane bomb\u2019 emerging from the permafrost.<\/p>\n
So if you\u2019ve been worrying that a tipping point emanating from the Arctic is going to render the whole project of climate action futile, you need to listen to this episode. It\u2019s not so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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