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 ...
After millennia as CO₂ 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Virginia Once Drained and Dried Peatlands, but Now Eyes Them as Carbon Sinks
The bogs, logged for centuries and recently burned, sequester far more carbon than forests. Now, thousands of acres are being ...
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, ...
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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 ...
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California’s federal lands are hemorrhaging carbon dioxide. Wildfires are largely to blame
Many lands act as carbon sinks, and in many cases — including ... emitted over 90 million tons of carbon dioxide on federal land alone. Scientists say this “ climate whiplash” — from ...