Arctic-Boreal Zone’s Unsettling Transformation into a Carbon Source Signals Dangers of Climate Change

Image: Eddy-covariance tower site in Qausuittuq (Resolute Bay) Nunavut. Image credit: Patrick Murphy / Woodwell Climate Research Center. Article by Ryan Whalen. The Debrief – January 25, 2025. Research article: Nature Climate Change.

For millennia, the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) has served as a frozen carbon trap, locking carbon in its permafrost. However, the region is rapidly transforming into a net carbon producer as climate change accelerates. Warming temperatures and increasingly frequent wildfires in northern regions are eroding permafrost. According to an international team […]

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