Change | Climate

In the frozen tundra of Siberia and North America, ancient organic matter is trapped in the ice. As this permafrost thaws, microbes begin to digest that matter, releasing gargantuan amounts of methane—a greenhouse gas that is drastically more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide over a short timeframe.

Then came the industrial age. By burning massive amounts of fossil fuels, we flooded the atmosphere with carbon dioxide ( CO2cap C cap O sub 2 CO2cap C cap O sub 2 climate change

Every entity in the universe with a temperature gives off light. Because the Earth is warmed by the sun, it constantly radiates invisible infrared light back out toward the cold blackness of space. For thousands of years, this energy came in and went out in a beautifully balanced cycle. In the frozen tundra of Siberia and North

Consider these critical dominoes currently teetering on the edge: By burning massive amounts of fossil fuels, we