Slow Permafrost Thawing
Problem:
As climate warms, permafrost in the Arctic is starting to melt. It will soon unlock huge carbon stocks and trigger a catastrophic global warming feedback loop.
Solution:
Natural grasslands, maintained by numerous grazing animals, have the capacity to both slow climate warming and prevent permafrost from melting.
IMPACT:
Some 2.5 million square miles of permafrost — 40 percent of the world’s total — could disappear by the end of the century. An estimated 1,400 gigatons of carbon are frozen in Arctic permafrost, making it one of the world’s largest carbon sinks. Source: Yale Environment 360.
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