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 ...

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 ...

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

like the Arctic tundra, are losing their ability to help reduce emissions. Simultaneously, the impacts of climate change are growing, increasing Arctic wildfires, affecting buildings and roads as ...