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A Third Of The Arctic's Vast Carbon Sink Now A Source Of Emissions, Study Reveals
28 Jan 2025 | Abstracted from Grist
"For millennia, Arctic land ecosystems have acted as a deep-freeze for the planet’s carbon, holding vast amounts of potential emissions in the permafrost...the research demonstrates how the Arctic’s boreal forests, wetlands, and tundra are being transformed by rapid warming.
"The Arctic ecosystem, spanning Siberia, Alaska, the Nordic countries, and Canada, has been accumulating carbon for thousands of years..."
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