{"id":29378,"date":"2024-08-10T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=29378"},"modified":"2024-08-10T06:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T04:57:18","slug":"rapid-melting-of-permafrost-in-alaska-threatens-global-climate-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2024\/08\/10\/rapid-melting-of-permafrost-in-alaska-threatens-global-climate-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"The rapid melting of permafrost in Alaska threatens the global climate balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Permafrost, an increasingly important problem due to climate change, is causing Alaska&#039;s frozen lands to wear away faster than they can regenerate themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The effects are harmful not only to the physical landscape, but also to the balance of the Earth&#039;s atmosphere. As soil erodes, it releases trapped carbon, fueling the warming of our environment.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-the-crucial-role-of-permafrost\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The decisive role of permafrost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A significant part of the surface of the Northern Hemisphere is dominated by permafrost - permanently frozen soil, which is found primarily in arctic regions. This cold natural resource is more than just frozen ground; it is an integral part of our global environment. (<em>Rodielon Putol, more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/rapid-permafrost-thaw-in-alaska-threatens-global-climate-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">earth.com<\/span><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Permafrost, an increasingly important problem due to climate change, is causing Alaska\u2019s frozen lands to wear away faster than they can renew themselves. The effects are detrimental not only to the physical landscape but also to the balance of the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. As the soil erodes, it releases trapped carbon, amplifying the warming of our environment. The crucial role of permafrost A large part of the surface of the northern [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}