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The Arctic tundra is changing so fast that it is speeding up the climate crisis, top scientists say
The consequences reach across the globe. The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon than it naturally draws down from the sky, as wildfires burn down its trees and permafrost thaw releases potent ...
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The Arctic just got a dire climate report card—and under Trump things could get much worse
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The icy region at the top of the globe, lashed by wildfire and ... territory,” scientists reported Tuesday. The Arctic tundra has shifted from storing carbon in the soil ...
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The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet
As the Arctic summer grows longer and warmer, tundra shrubs grow taller and the ... And what happens here will have substantial impacts all over the globe.
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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 ...
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Parts of Canada’s Arctic tundra releasing more carbon than they absorb, study says
A new study suggests regions of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, upending a millennia-old trend. The study published in academic journal Nature ...
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Searchers in Alaska scour frozen tundra and icy seas for missing plane with 10 aboard
Searchers in Alaska are flying over stretches of ice-covered seas and scouring miles of frozen tundra for any sign of a plane that went missing just south of the Arctic ...
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Caribou herds in Arctic Alaska trend in opposite directions
Even though his recent years’ work in Arctic Alaska has been focused on plants, he said encountering willows and other woody plants covering what used to be open tundra west of the Dalton ...