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Carbon stores, long locked in the permafrost, are now seeping out. Thawing permafrost is a carbon "time bomb", scientists have warned.

Permafrost: a ticking carbon time bomb

ABISKO, Oct 25 — Sheltered by snow-spattered mountains, the Stordalen mire is a flat, marshy plateau, pockmarked with muddy puddles. A whiff of rotten eggs wafts through the fresh air.  Here in the Arctic in Sweden’s far north, about 10 kilometres (six miles) east of the tiny town of...

Here in the Arctic in Sweden’s far north, global warming is happening three times faster than in the rest of the world.

Between carbon dioxide and methane, permafrost contains some 1,700 billion tons of organic carbon, almost twice the amount of carbon already present in the atmosphere.

Permafrost - defined as soil that stays frozen year-round for at least two consecutive years - lies under about a quarter of land in the Northern Hemisphere.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Volvo C40 Recharge is the second fully electric model from Volvo and it’s a car that makes perfect sense for anyone bitten by the EV bug — as long as youve got deep pockets.

Two dozen countries have joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash methane emissions 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels, giving the emerging global partners

United States, EU pledge aims to have a significant impact on all waste sectors responsible for the bulk of methane emissions, the biggest cause of climate change after carbon dioxide (CO2)

For her book 1,001 Voices on Climate Change, Devi Lockwood traveled the world, talking to students, activists, climate scientists, and climate deniers.