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Arctic Tundra’s Carbon Release Crisis
December 26 , 2024
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- The Arctic tundra has now become a source of heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHGs).
- The Increased wildfires and unusually high temperatures are the main reasons behind the dramatic transformation of this Arctic ecosystem.
- The Plant and animal remain can stay trapped for thousands of years in a layer of its permafrost.
- Arctic soils store more than 1.6 trillion metric tonnes of carbon across the region.
- That is about double the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
- The annual surface air temperatures in the Arctic in 2024 were the second-warmest on record since 1900.
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