Which long-term outcome results when bioturbation weakens permafrost?

💡 Explanation

Increased soil churning from bioturbation destabilizes the frozen organic matter, accelerating thaw; this accelerates decomposition via microbial respiration rather than other outcomes, therefore leads to increased methane release forming thermokarst, because permafrost integrity has declined.

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