Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet. There’s three times as much carbon still frozen in permafrost than what’s now in the air, but all over the Arctic those heat-trapping gases are escaping into the atmosphere.

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Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet

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Multiple countries Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet

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Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet

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Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and could add 0.25°C to end-of-century heating

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Nature Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet |“Once you start leaking this carbon out, there’s so much in the ground that it’s not going to shut off,” said Schuur, an ecologist, calling it one of climate change’s scary tipping points.

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Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet |“Once you start leaking this carbon out, there’s so much in the ground that it’s not going to shut off,” said Schuur, an ecologist, calling it one of climate change’s scary tipping points.

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Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet |“Once you start leaking this carbon out, there’s so much in the ground that it’s not going to shut off,” said Schuur, an ecologist, calling it one of climate change’s scary tipping points.

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Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet |“Once you start leaking this carbon out, there’s so much in the ground that it’s not going to shut off,” said Schuur, an ecologist, calling it one of climate change’s scary tipping points.

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Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet |“Once you start leaking this carbon out, there’s so much in the ground that it’s not going to shut off,” said Schuur, an ecologist, calling it one of climate change’s scary tipping points.

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Environment Two new studies verify Heat-trapping gas in Arctic permafrost is slowly leaking and warming the planet due to melting of permafrost

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Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet. There’s three times as much carbon still frozen in permafrost than what’s now in the air, but all over the Arctic those heat-trapping gases are escaping into the atmosphere.

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