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 Stories About: Antarctica AND Canada AND climate
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Like a Tundra of Bricks
Arctic tundra may produce rather than absorb CO2, accelerating warming |
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24 Sep 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Like a Tundra of Bricks Arctic tundra may produce rather than absorb CO2, accelerating warming It's not often that drama emerges from the Arctic tundra, but there seems to be genuine excitement around revelations from a 20-year study just completed and published in the journal Nature. Researchers have long assumed that Arctic tundra would be a carbon dioxide "sink," absorbing CO2 and slowing -- at least slightly -- t ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, Canada, climate (all these topics) |
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