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A Sleeping Giant: Why Permafrost Is a Climate Threat

| Jan. 17, 2022

Permafrost covers a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere's land and stores twice as much organic carbon as Earth's atmosphere currently holds. What happens when it starts to thaw?

John P. Holdren appeared on "The Agenda with Steve Paikin" to explain the climate threat of thawing permafrost, and why northern roads and communities find themselves on shaky ground.

 

 

For more information on this publication: Belfer Communications Office
For Academic Citation: “A Sleeping Giant: Why Permafrost Is a Climate Threat.” TVOntario, January 17, 2022.

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John P. Holdren

John P. Holdren

  • Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Co-Director, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • President Obama's Science Advisor and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (January 2009 – January 2017)
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