Thawing permafrost releases trapped greenhouse gases in a self-reinforcing feedback cycle

Evidence

One of the most alarming aspects of global warming is that it thaws the Arctic permafrost; this thawing releases vast amounts of methane and carbon trapped under the permafrost over many millennia (Walter, Zimov, Chanton, Verbyla, & Chapin III, 2006). Once this process is unleashed, it feeds on itself, uncontrollably producing ever-higher atmospheric temperatures. As the earth continues to get hotter, life will become more miserable for the generations to come. The false negative will produce disastrous irreversible global consequences. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2545 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Arctic permafrost thawing releases trapped methane and feeds back on itself — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2545; Reed oscillation is self-sustaining through a positive feedback loop of airflow and pressure — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 1227; Delayed reaction to distant ecological harm triggers irreversible feedback cycles. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2537 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Arctic permafrost thawing releases trapped methane and feeds back on itself #corroborates (1.00) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2545