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'Arctic meltdown' is accelerating global warming, already changing Earth in unimaginable ways
Earth passed the 1.5°C warming limit in 2024. The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world.
An Arctic meltdown is accelerating global warming: How will we adapt?
In 2016, nearly 200 world leaders pledged to do everything possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since ...
Earth’s Tipping Point: Arctic Meltdown Signals a Climate Catastrophe
A new paper reveals what lies ahead for the fastest-warming region on Earth. In 2024, the global average air temperature ...
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known
A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...
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Drastic warming will transform the Arctic "beyond recognition"
Scientists warn the Arctic is changing rapidly due to warming. Ice is melting, sea levels are rising, and weather patterns ...
The Arctic Has Long Been a Carbon-Capture Giant, but That’s Starting to Change
The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this ...
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A third of the Arctic is now a greenhouse gas emitter, Mass. study finds
A third of the Arctic is now emitting climate-changing greenhouse gasses after thousands of years of storing them, according ...
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Korean researchers warn thawing Arctic permafrost revives crop-threatening bacteria
A study has found that as climate change causes the Arctic permafrost to melt, pathogens may awaken and damage crops. The ...
Thousands of Greenland’s Blue Lakes Turn Brown Overnight As Extreme Weather Triggers a Carbon Crisis
A shocking transformation has gripped West Greenland, where thousands of once-pristine blue lakes turned brown after an ...
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Melting Alaksan Groundwater Is Delivering More Carbon Into the Ocean
The study is also the first to isolate freshwater — which could be made up of rainwater, snow melt, thawed shallow ground ice, and potentially some permafrost thaw — from the total groundwater ...
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Guest columnist Darcy Dumont: A year of climate wake-up calls
Hurricane Helene arrived on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 26, causing catastrophic flooding across the ...
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‘Catastrophic’ 2023 lake outburst in India driven by glacial melt and permafrost thaw
On the night of 3 October 2023, a ridge of frozen rock and other debris on the side of the South Lhonak glacier – called a “lateral moraine” – collapsed into the glacial lake. This set off a ...