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Examples of tundra soil
tundra soil
Permafrost, tundra soil frozen year-round and covering almost one-fifth of Earth's land surface, runs anywhere from 160 to 2,000 feet deep in this region.
From the thenewstribune.com
Mack also developed a new method that can now be used by other tundra researchers to measure soil loss.
From the sciencedaily.com
In the harsh northern climate, the islands are covered in maritime tundra and nutrient-impoverished soil.
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And he adds that on the Arctic tundra, where soil nutrients are limited, others have found that the impact of a muskox carcass on surrounding vegetation is dramatic even after 10 years.
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The heating of the soil and tundra increases the activity of microorganisms, which further increases CO2 and methane emissions.
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Repeated footsteps often destroy tundra plants, leaving exposed soil to blow away, and recovery may take hundreds of years.
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Another concern is that about one third of the world's soil-bound carbon is in taiga and tundra areas.
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Similar to montane grasslands, polar arctic tundra can have grasses, but high soil moisture means that few tundras are grass-dominated today.
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Roughly 30 percent of the planet's total soil carbon is in the tundra and boreal forests, and more frequent fires would spew greater amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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