31, 2008. Tundra plants absorb atmospheric carbon in the summer, when they use sunlight to photosynthesize, but they emit carbon dioxide in the winter, when the daylight is gone. (Photo provided by ...

Gwich’in and environmental opponents celebrate the results, while state officials expect the incoming Trump administration to ...

Arctic tundra emitting more carbon than storing it would have global consequences as this would exacerbate climate change, whose adverse impacts are already unfolding across the world. In a typical ...

Snow is white, which makes it reflect about three quarters of the solar energy hitting it when covering the tundra: it ...

The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon than it naturally ... than carbon dioxide — as bacteria in the soil digest thawing plant matter. Meanwhile, rising Arctic temperatures are driving ...

The Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon dioxide ... The warming Arctic has dual effects, adversely impacting soil, ice, plants, animals, and communities that rely on them, with consequences ...

After storing carbon dioxide in frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is being transformed by frequent wildfires into an overall source of carbon to the atmosphere, which is already absorbing ...

This warming stimulates plant growth, removing carbon from the ... the report card found that the Arctic tundra has shifted from storing carbon to being a source of carbon emissions to the atmosphere.

The Arctic is rapidly changing from the climate crisis, with no "new normal," scientists warn. Wildfires and permafrost thaw are making the tundra emit more carbon than it absorbs. From beaver ...