CausesJLS Photography - Alaska/Flickr The grim origins of an ominous methane surge During the coronavirus lockdowns, emissions of the potent greenhouse gas somehow soared. The culprit wasn't humans—but the Earth itself.
Impacts Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash Wildfires are digging carbon-spewing holes in the Arctic Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge sinkholes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse.
