Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TCFLAND2SEA (Thawing Carbon From LAND to SEA: Microbial Degradation of Organic Matter and Response to Thawing Permafrost in the Northeast Siberian Land-Shelf System)

East Siberian Arctic Shelf harbours a huge amount of subsea permafrost and gas hydrates, which are thawing and emitting the greenhouse gases CO2 and CH4 from the sediment to the upper water column and atmosphere under the global warming. The giant sleeping carbon in the Arctic...