Ancient Arctic carbon is pouring into the sea, but the seabed captures most of it

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Aug 3, 2026, 9:23 am185 ptsTrendingTop
Thawing Arctic permafrost is releasing ancient carbon into the ocean, raising fears that microbes could turn it into greenhouse gases and accelerate climate change. But sediment cores collected near Canada’s Herschel Island reveal a more reassuring twist: most of this land-based carbon becomes buried in the…

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