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Source: Washington Post

Capital Weather Gang
The Arctic may have crossed key threshold, emitting billions of tons of carbon into the air, in a long-dreaded climate feedback
Report finds sweeping changes underway across the Arctic

By Andrew Freedman
December 10 at 2:04 PM

The Arctic is undergoing a profound, rapid, and unmitigated shift into a new climate state, one that is greener, features far less ice, and is now a net source of greenhouse gas emissions from melting permafrost, according to a major new federal assessment of the region released Tuesday.

The consequences of these climate shifts will be felt far outside the Arctic in the form of altered weather patterns, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and rising sea levels from the melting Greenland ice sheet and mountain glaciers.

The findings are contained in the 2019 Arctic Report Card, a major federal assessment of climate change trends and impacts throughout the region. The study paints an ominous picture of a region lurching to an entirely new and unfamiliar climate state.
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Andrew Freedman edits and reports on extreme weather and climate science for the Capital Weather Gang. He has covered science, with a specialization in climate research and policy, for Axios, Mashable, Climate Central, E&E Daily and other publications. Follow https://twitter.com/Afreedma

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/12/10/arctic-may-have-crossed-key-threshold-emitting-billions-tons-carbon-into-air-long-dreaded-climate-feedback/

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Arctic Report Card from Federal agencies with bombshell finding: The Arctic may now be releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than it's taking up due to rapid warming and permafrost melt:

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I didn't see a link in the article to the report. I'll get to that.