Mongabay on MSN7h
The warming Arctic is now a carbon source, report finds
The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic ...
WBUR1d
A third of the Arctic is now a greenhouse gas emitter, Mass. study finds
A third of the Arctic is now emitting climate-changing greenhouse gasses after thousands of years of storing them, according ...
earth4d
Earth's Arctic region has flipped and now emits more carbon than it stores
For millennia, the Arctic-boreal zone has acted as a critical carbon reservoir, locking away vast amounts of carbon dioxide ...
Grist on MSN5d
A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals
Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, a new report shows.
After millennia as COâ‚‚ sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, regional hotspots and increasingly frequent wildfires in the ...
The Canadian Press on MSN10d
Parts of Arctic tundra releasing more carbon than they absorb, study says
The study suggests one of the main drivers of the shift could be thawing permafrost, frozen ground that covers almost half of ...
Thawing Permafrost Sparks Massive Carbon Release in the Arctic
Recent findings indicate that the Arctic's traditional role as a planetary cooling agent is faltering, with hotspots and ...
EurekAlert!10d
After millennia as carbon dioxide sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
A synthesis of carbon flux and wildfire emissions data from across the Arctic-boreal zone between 2001-2020 found that 34 ...