thawing permafrost could release, by 2200, CO2e =~half of all Carbon released in Industrial Age

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http://www.wunderground.com/resources/climate/melting_permafrost.asp

Researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center estimate that by 2200, 60% of the Northern Hemisphere's permafrost will probably be melted, which could release around 190 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere. This amount is about half of all the carbon released in the industrial age. The affect this will have on the rate of atmospheric warming could be irreversible. At the very least, these estimates mean fossil fuel emissions will have to be reduced more than currently suggested to account for the amount of carbon expected to discharge from melting permafrost.

one fun fact, the IPCC estimate for GW does not include the effects of meltiing permafrost.http://www.climatecentral.org/news/report-says-ipcc-needs-to-address-impact-of-melting-permafrost-15291

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