Beyond explaining how the tundra regions have shifted from being net carbon sinks to net carbon emitters, the report card described a continuing long-term trend toward a warmer and wetter Arctic.

When wildfire emissions were accounted for, the Arctic tundra has shifted from ... and Gabriel Hould Gosselin—the report's chapter on Arctic terrestrial carbon cycling tracks 40 years of ...

A synthesis of carbon flux and wildfire emissions data from across the Arctic-boreal zone between 2001-2020 found that 34 ...

Recent findings indicate that the Arctic's traditional role as a planetary cooling agent is faltering, with hotspots and ...

Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, an international study published ...

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card ... For thousands of years, the Arctic tundra landscape of shrubs and permafrost, or frozen ground, has acted as a carbon dioxide sink, meaning that the landscape ...

In recent years, the Arctic tundra’s ability to emit less and absorb more carbon has taken a hit. A new analysis, which incorporated more data and better methods of examination, confirmed that the eco ...

After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic ... Atmospheric Administration's 2024 Arctic Report Card, which revealed that annual ...

That’s one of the findings of this year’s Arctic Report Card ... releasing methane and carbon dioxide. This year, wildfires raging across the tundra also added to the region’s emissions ...

The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of ...

By Rachel Cassandra The Arctic tundra shifted this past year from capturing carbon to releasing it, which means it’s now ...

After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, regional hotspots and increasingly frequent wildfires in the ...