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Two cards were added after card 40: they are loops of potential violent [[wikipedia:Climate_change_feedback|feedback]], "climate bombs", which if triggered, make us lose control over the climate for good. | Two cards were added after card 40: they are loops of potential violent [[wikipedia:Climate_change_feedback|feedback]], "climate bombs", which if triggered, make us lose control over the climate for good. | ||
Thermokarst are veritable bioreactors at the heart of the process of releasing frozen carbon: when the permafrost thaws, pieces of soil detach and fall into the water, bringing nutrients and carbon to the bacteria and plankton present in the sea, which degrade them into | Thermokarst are veritable bioreactors at the heart of the process of releasing frozen carbon: when the permafrost thaws, pieces of soil detach and fall into the water, bringing nutrients and carbon to the bacteria and plankton present in the sea, which degrade them into CO<sub>2</sub> (in the water layers near the surface) and methane or CH<sub>4</sub> (in the oxygen-deprived bottom)<ref>[https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/pergelisol-le-piege-climatique CNRS The newspaper Pergélisol, the climate trap (French)]</ref>. | ||
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