Arctic Tundra Has Long Helped Cool Earth. Now, It’s Fueling Warming.

By Raymond Zhong Wildfires and thawing permafrost are causing the region to release more carbon dioxide than its plants remove, probably for the first time in thousands of years.

Source: The New York Times

Category: Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fish and Other Marine Life, Oceans and Seas, Ice, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, American Geophysical Union, Alaska, Arctic Regions, Greenland