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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/arctic-boreal-zones-unsettling-transformation-into-a-carbon-source-signals-dangers-of-climate-change/
- Published: 2025-01-26T10:00:41-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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 […] Click here to view original web page at thedebrief.org