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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 ...
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 ...
A Vast Swathe of The Arctic Has Turned Into a Carbon Emitter
More than a third of the Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) – including the tundra, forests, and wetlands around the Arctic Circle – is ...
Science: Carbon sinks turn into source, cancer dyes and storm
Science commentator Laurie Winkless looks at a new study which finds parts of the Arctic that have stored vast amounts of ...
California’s federal lands are hemorrhaging carbon dioxide. Wildfires are largely to blame
A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've ...
Q&A: How rate of COâ‚‚ rise can affect a global ocean current
As we burn fossil fuels, the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is gradually rising, and with it, the planet's ...
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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 ...
Why Greenland’s crystal blue lakes have turned brown, and why you should worry
Extreme weather events transformed the Greenland lakes from carbon sinks into significant sources of carbon dioxide, with ...
How climate change turned thousands of Greenland’s lakes into a carbon source
Extreme weather events transformed the Greenland lakes from carbon sinks into significant sources of carbon dioxide, with emissions rising by 350%, according to a new study.
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Arctic-Boreal Zone’s Unsettling Transformation into a Carbon Source Signals Dangers of Climate Change
Research is revealing how climate change is driving the Arctic-boreal zone's shift from a carbon sink to a carbon source.
Building the Future: Materials That Absorb Carbon and Combat Climate Change
Replacing traditional construction materials with carbon-absorbing alternatives could cut global CO2 emissions by half, ...