Arctic now traps 25 percent of world's carbon - but that could change
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 04:49
in Earth & Climate
The arctic could potentially alter the Earth's climate by becoming a possible source of global atmospheric carbon dioxide. The arctic now traps or absorbs up to 25 percent of this gas but climate change could alter that amount, according to a study published in the November issue of Ecological Monographs...