Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release

Merritt R. Turetsky^a✉, Benjamin W. Abbott^b, Miriam C. Jones^c, Katey Walter Anthony^d, David Olefeldt^e, Edward A. G. Schuur^f, Charles D. Koven^g, A. DAVID McGUIRE^h, Guido Grosseⁱ, Peter Kuhry^j, Gustaf Hugelius^k, David M. Lawrence^l, Carolyn M. Gibson^m, A. Britta K. Sannelⁿ

1. ^aMerritt R. Turetsky is a Canada Research Chair in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada
2. ^bBenjamin W. Abbott is assistant professor of ecosystem ecology in the Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
3. ^cMiriam C. Jones is a research geologist at the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA
4. ^dKatey Walter Anthony is associate professor of aquatic ecosystem ecology at the Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
5. ^eDavid Olefeldt is assistant professor of catchment and wetland science in the Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
6. ^fEdward A. G. Schuur is professor of ecosystem ecology in the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, and Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
7. ^gCharles Koven is a staff scientist in the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA