The Arctic Has Long Been a Carbon-Capture Giant, but That’s Starting to Change
The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this ...
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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 ...
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After millennia as COâ‚‚ sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
An international team led by Woodwell Climate Research Center found that a third (34%) of the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ)—the treeless tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands that make up Earth's ...
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Earth’s Arctic Region Flips – Releasing More Co₂ than It Absorbs for the First Time
T he Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ), once a reliable carbon reservoir, is now releasing more carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚) than it absorbs. A new study led by the Woodwell Climate Research Center reveals that ...
‘NASA’s Arctic warning’: Earth’s largest carbon vault is now leaking faster than ever
NASA warns that the Arctic-Boreal Zone is now a carbon emitter, not a sink. Melting permafrost and wildfires are accelerating ...
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A Vast Swathe of The Arctic Has Turned Into a Carbon Emitter
Large swathes of one of Earth's largest carbon sinks are now emitting rather than capturing CO 2. More than a third of the Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) – including the tundra, forests, and wetlands around ...
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Canadian forests becoming more prone to severe wildfires: Study
which is about 28 percent of the world’s boreal zone, stores carbon, purifies air and water and acts as a climate regulator. Emphasizing the critical nature of safeguarding the boreal from ...
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Permafrost Thaw and Wildfires Are Raising CO2 Emissions in Arctic Tundras
Researchers in a new study published in Nature Climate Change, have measured the flow of carbon in the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) — consisting of the treeless tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands in ...
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After millennia as carbon dioxide sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
An international team led by Woodwell Climate Research Center found that a third (34 percent) of the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ)—the treeless tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands that make up Earth ...
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After millennia as COâ‚‚ sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
The Arctic-boreal zone, historically a carbon sink, is now a carbon source, with 34% of the region emitting more CO 2 than it absorbs, increasing to 40% when fire emissions are included.