Warming Temperatures Have Accelerated the Thawing of Gelisols

question 108

Multiple Choice

Warming temperatures have accelerated the thawing of Gelisols. This is of particular concern because

• A) Gelisols contain about half of the pool of global carbon and this release of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere could further affect warming climate.
• B) as the permafrost metals, the meltwater will runoff, further contributing to global sea-level rise.
• C) Gelisols are an important soils for growing specialty cold weather crops. The thawing of the Gelisols will adversely impact this lucrative market.
• D) Gelisols are the youngest, least developed soils on the planet. Warming will further stifle the horizontal development of these soils.

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