Frozen Carbon Unleashed: Arctic Meltdown Accelerates Climate Crisis
Scientists have discovered that the Arctic's vast permafrost areas are now releasing more greenhouse gases than they absorb, ...
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The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move—we estimated by how much
Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the ...
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Thawing permafrost is becoming an enormous source of global warming
Thawing Arctic permafrost releases stored greenhouse gases, transforming the region from a carbon sink to a net source of ...
Frozen Carbon In Northern Permafrost: A Growing Threat To Global Climate
Find how thawing permafrost releases greenhouse gases, amplifying global warming and impacting climate change.
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What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic
The Arctic’s permafrost contains ancient ... could initiate carbon loss and potentially intensify the warming cycle. These disturbances can also spur long-term growth of new and more varied ...
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Mysterious craters exploded in Siberia’s permafrost. Scientists say they now know why
A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide. Since ...
Down in the slumps: Tracing erosion cycles in arctic permafrost
In the Arctic, landslide-like features known ... This warms underlying permafrost and continues the cycle. Using the survey ...
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The unknown climate factor from the permafrost
Ecologist Christina Biasi is exploring the conditions under which tiny organisms contribute to permafrost soils emitting ...
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Planting trees in the Arctic could make global warming worse, not better, say scientists
Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees' ability to store large quantities of carbon from the atmosphere. But, an international group of ...
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Mysterious craters exploded in Siberia’s permafrost. Scientists say they now know why
A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged ... It goes like this: beneath the ground is thick permafrost — a jumble of soil, rocks and sediment ...