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Arctic carbon starting to flip

Arctic carbon starting to flip

Thirty per cent of the Arctic is switching from carbon sink to carbon source.

Science In Action · BBC World Service

January 23, 202526m 29s

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Show Notes

Thirty per cent of the Arctic is switching from carbon sink to carbon source. But could future fertilizer be made deep underground using less resources? Also, how and perhaps why globally 2024 had the highest number of fatal landslides in over 20 years, and an unexpected sound from space prompts a re-evaluation of how the earth’s magnetic field interacts with the environment around it.

Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Alex Mansfield Production co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth

(Photo: Magnificent icebergs. Credit: MB Photography/Getty Images)