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Accelerating permafrost melt means more rich soil is flowing into the Arctic Ocean where its carbon - an element at the basis of most living organisms - will seep back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. That's according to a new study which uncovered a 39 per cent increase in dissolved soil flowing from the Mackenzie River into the Arctic Ocean. [Source: Nunatsiaq News]
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