We Must Stop Fossil Fuel Emissions to Protect Permafrost Ecosystems

Abbott, Benjamin W.; Brown, Michael; Carey, Joanna C.; Ernakovich, Jessica; Frederick, Jennifer M.; Guo, Laodong; Hugelius, Gustaf; Lee, Raymond M.; Loranty, Michael M.; Macdonald, Robie; Mann, Paul J.; Natali, Susan M.; Olefeldt, David; Pearson, Pam; Rec, Abigail; Robards, Martin; Salmon, Verity G.; Sayedi, Sayedeh Sara; Schädel, Christina; Schuur, Edward G.; Shakil, Sarah; Shogren, Arial J.; Strauss, Jens; Tank, Suzanne E.; Thornton, Brett F.; Treharne, Rachael; Turetsky, Merritt; Voigt, Carolina; Wright, Nancy; Yang, Yuanhe; Zarnetske, Jay P.; Zhang, Qiwen; Zolkos, Scott

doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.889428

We Must Stop Fossil Fuel Emissions to Protect Permafrost Ecosystems

Journal Article · Wed Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Frontiers in Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.889428· OSTI ID:1875338

Abbott, Benjamin W. ^[1]; Brown, Michael ^[2]; Carey, Joanna C. ^[3]; Ernakovich, Jessica ^[4]; Frederick, Jennifer M. ^[5]; Guo, Laodong ^[6]; Hugelius, Gustaf ^[7]; Lee, Raymond M. ^[1]; Loranty, Michael M. ^[8]; Macdonald, Robie ^[9]; Mann, Paul J. ^[10]; Natali, Susan M. ^[11]; Olefeldt, David ^[12]; Pearson, Pam ^[13]; Rec, Abigail ^[14]; Robards, Martin ^[15]; ^[16]; Sayedi, Sayedeh Sara ^[1]; Schädel, Christina ^[17]; Schuur, Edward G. ^[17] more »

Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (United States)
Innovative Breakthrough Energy Technology Ltd., Colwood, BC (Canada); Cascade Inst., Colwood, BC (Canada)
Babson College, Wellesley, MA (United States)
Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (United States)
Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Bolin Center for Climate Research
Inst. of Ocean Science (IOS), Sidney, BC (Canada)
Northumbria Univ., Newcastle-upon-Tyne (United Kingdom)
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY (United States)
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA (United States)
Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Canada)
International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, Pawlet, VT (United States)
Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT (United States)
Wildlife Conservation Society, Fairbanks, AK (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Climate Change Science Inst.
Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ (United States)
Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam (Germany). Alfred Wegener Inst., Permafrost Research Section
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Inst. of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Univ. of Eastern Finland, Kuopio (Finland)
Cascade Inst., Colwood, BC (Canada)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Botany, State Key Lab. of Vegetation and Environmental Change; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)

Climate change is an existential threat to the vast global permafrost domain. The diverse human cultures, ecological communities, and biogeochemical cycles of this tenth of the planet depend on the persistence of frozen conditions. The complexity, immensity, and remoteness of permafrost ecosystems make it difficult to grasp how quickly things are changing and what can be done about it. Here, we summarize terrestrial and marine changes in the permafrost domain with an eye toward global policy. While many questions remain, we know that continued fossil fuel burning is incompatible with the continued existence of the permafrost domain as we know it. If we fail to protect permafrost ecosystems, the consequences for human rights, biosphere integrity, and global climate will be severe. The policy implications are clear: the faster we reduce human emissions and draw down atmospheric CO₂, the more of the permafrost domain we can save. Emissions reduction targets must be strengthened and accompanied by support for local peoples to protect intact ecological communities and natural carbon sinks within the permafrost domain. Some proposed geoengineering interventions such as solar shading, surface albedo modification, and vegetation manipulations are unproven and may exacerbate environmental injustice without providing lasting protection. Conversely, astounding advances in renewable energy have reopened viable pathways to halve human greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and effectively stop them well before 2050. We call on leaders, corporations, researchers, and citizens everywhere to acknowledge the global importance of the permafrost domain and work towards climate restoration and empowerment of Indigenous and immigrant communities in these regions.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)

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OSTI ID:: 1875338

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Journal Information:: Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Name: Frontiers in Environmental Science Journal Issue: X Vol. 10; ISSN 2296-665X

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Earth stewardship
climate policy
ecosystem feedback
permafrost climate feedback
permafrost domain
renewable energy

We Must Stop Fossil Fuel Emissions to Protect Permafrost Ecosystems

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