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Will the Arctic shift from a carbon sink to a carbon source?

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imageThe warming global climate is causing fundamental changes to the carbon cycle in northern parts of the world. peupleloup/flickr, CC BY-SA

Studies show that the warming of the climate system is altering the movement and storage of carbon in the far north of the Earth. And these changes carry global implications. Among the many questions that...

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