Arctic, tundra
Arctic tundra now emitting more carbon gases than it absorbs, annual report says
For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Arctic tundra is now a greenhouse gas emitter, federal report says
The shift from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it could have widespread implications for climate change, according to research from the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth published in NOAA's annual Arctic Report Card.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Arctic tundra is becoming a source of carbon ...
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