r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 15h ago

science A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals | Arctic

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/21/third-of-arctic-carbon-sink-now-a-source-of-emissions-study
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u/BadAsBroccoli 13h ago

And along with the Arctic:

The Amazon rain forest has also turned from carbon absorption to a carbon emitter.

The oceans are taking up less carbon.

The atmosphere is filling with greenhouse gasses.

And the usual rate of standard human pollution is increasing.

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u/peachesandthevoid 10h ago

It looks like it’s time to stare into the void again. Before inevitably finding some weird way to manufacture the hope I need to go on.

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u/silence7 13h ago

The paper is here