A Plane Flies Low Over the Alaskan Permafrost (IMAGE)

Harvard University

A Plane Flies Low Over the Alaskan Permafrost

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Anderson's airborne eddy-covariance system gathers data on permafrost gas emissions. As the ice in the soil melts, greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide escape into the atmosphere.

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David Sayres and the Anderson Lab, Harvard University

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