Arctic Tundra Now Source of Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Picture: Megan Coughlin/Flickr According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Arctic tundra is ending up being a source of co2 emissions. NOAA states that the Arctic has actually kept co2 in frozen soil for "centuries." As the Arctic tundra burns more regularly throughout the summertime, that frozen soil is melting and launching that trapped co2. This is occurring as the Arctic tundra currently acts to take in "record levels of heat-trapping nonrenewable fuel...