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Abrupt Thaw of Permafrost Beneath Arctic Lakes could Fuel Climate Change
Methane has a significant influence on global warming. It is a potent greenhouse gas that is almost 30 times more harmful to the climate than another major greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The biggest...
Abrupt Thaw of Permafrost Beneath Arctic Lakes could Fuel Climate Change
Methane has a significant influence on global warming. It is a potent greenhouse gas that is almost 30 times more harmful to the climate than another major greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The biggest...
Arctic Permafrost may Unleash Carbon within Decades
Northern Arctic permafrost is melting so rapidly that it will begin to release carbon buried inside it within decades. By the year 2300, the carbon emitted from the region will become 10 times as...
Arctic Permafrost May Unleash Carbon Within Decades
Northern Arctic permafrost is melting so rapidly that it will begin to release carbon buried inside it within decades. By the year 2300, the carbon emitted from the region will become ten times as...
Earth’s Permafrost is Full of Toxic Mercury
Scientists have detected huge amounts of mercury hidden beneath the permafrost in northern areas of the earth’s surface. This natural yet toxic mercury has consequences for human well-being and the...
Humanity is on the cusp of de-extincting the Wooly Mammoth
After successfully extracting sequenceable DNA from a pair of Woolly Mammoth carcasses pulled from Siberia's permafrost in 2014, a team of Harvard researchers announced on Thursday that they are tantalizing close to cloning the (currently) extinct pa...