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As the Arctic tundra warms, soil microbes likely will ramp up CO2 production

Understanding the tiny organisms' behavior could help with climate change predictions

More than a dozen plastic containers dot the greenish-brown vegetation in the foreground of this Arctic tundra site in Sweden. A body of water and mountains shrouded in mist are visible in the background.

Open-topped plastic chambers about 1 meter in diameter act as mini greenhouses, warming patches of tundra at this site in Latnjajaure, Sweden.

Sybryn Maes

By Katherine Bourzac

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Climate change is warming the Arctic tundra about four times faster than the rest of the planet.