Tundra Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:27:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Study: How the Arctic Carbon Cycle is Being Disrupted https://www.greenoptimistic.com/arctic-carbon-cycle-disrupted-20180811/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/arctic-carbon-cycle-disrupted-20180811/#respond Sun, 12 Aug 2018 18:32:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=66864 According to a study led by NASA, using data from the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment shows that carbon in Alaska’s North Slope tundra ecosystems spends about 13 percent less in frozen soil compared to what it did 40 years ago. The carbon cycle is close to the levels of American boreal forest. Studies using Landsat […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/arctic-carbon-cycle-disrupted-20180811/feed/ 0 66864 Arctic’s Melting Permafrost and Snow Release CO2 in Massive Amounts https://www.greenoptimistic.com/melting-permafrost-co2-20130216/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/melting-permafrost-co2-20130216/#respond Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:55:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=33397 Scientists studying global warming have taken a particular interest in the freshet, or flooding triggered by melting snow each spring in the arctic. These waters contain much of the carbon that is being released by melting permafrost is then oxidized by bacteria into carbon dioxide. 40% of the total carbon that is transferred from the […]

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