Possible futures for Arctic carbon (IMAGE)

Northern Arizona University

Possible futures for Arctic carbon

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Nine future worlds and their cumulative Arctic carbon emissions by 2100. Linked to low, medium, and high climate warming, the pie above each 'slice' of Earth represents total estimated carbon emissions (from carbon dioxide and methane) this century from the unregulated 'country of permafrost.'

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Victor O. Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society

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