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Burping bacteria: Identifying Arctic microbes that produce greenhouse gases
News Article, October 17, 2022 •  As greenhouse gases bubble up across the rapidly thawing Arctic, Sandia National Laboratories researchers are trying to identify other trace gases from soil microbes that could shed some light on what is occurring biologically in melting permafrost in the Arctic. Sandia bioengineer Chuck Smallwood and his team recently spent five days...
Sandia National Laboratories technologist Jenna Schambach working with a sample of Alaska lakebed soil. By studying the microbes in the soil, and the gases they emit, Schambach and project lead Chuck Smallwood hope to improve our understanding of the rapidly melting Arctic permafrost and improve computer models of climate change. (Photo by Craig Fritz)

International research team begins uncovering Arctic mystery
News Article, February 8, 2021 • New study on submarine permafrost suggests locked greenhouse gases are emerging ARCTIC THAW — This artistic diagram of the subsea and coastal permafrost ecosystems emphasizes greenhouse gas production and release. (Artwork by Victor Oleg Leshyk, Northern Arizona University.) Something is lurking beneath the Arctic Ocean. While it’s not a monster,...