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- An enormous amount of mercury is buried beneath the melting Arctic permafrost Wed, 7 Feb 18, 1:07amScientists have learned that a massive amount of mercury is currently encased within the Arctic permafrost — which could have significant ramifications for ecological and human health beyond the far North. “This discovery...
- Scientists warn that the Arctic will never be frozen again Fri, 29 Dec 17, 12:38amThe Arctic as we've always known it is gone. According to scientists, the Arctic is trending toward an ice-free state and shows no signs of returning to the "reliably frozen region of recent past decades." And if you're thinking...
- As the permafrost thaws, entire villages may be forced to move Wed, 18 Oct 17, 1:54amThawing permafrost is set to radically alter the landscape of northern parts of the United States. Roads, homes, and infrastructure built atop permafrost can crack or collapse as it melts. And whole villages may have to relocate....
- Why Alaska's vanishing permafrost worries researchers Thu, 24 Aug 17, 11:28pmPermafrost is losing in the battle against climate change. Even as we attempt to mitigate climate change by reducing fossil fuel use, researchers say thawing permafrost could make our atmosphere 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit hotter...
- 'Indestructible' Arctic seed vault flooded after permafrost melts Mon, 22 May 17, 11:30pmThe Svalbard Global Seed Vault is supposed to protect all of the world's seeds, but climate change has other ideas. The vault was built inside the Arctic Circle to protect a diverse seed collection from natural disasters,...
- Scientists warn thawing soil could suddenly unleash deadly pathogens unseen in centuries Tue, 9 May 17, 12:50amHumans have fought viruses for centuries. We struck a temporary winning blow with the discovery of penicillin, but now we're watching bacteria develop antibiotic resistance. But what if we were exposed to viruses that have...
- 7,000 methane gas bubbles in Siberia on the verge of exploding Thu, 23 Mar 17, 3:43amLast summer researchers revealed crazy bubbling tundra in Siberia in a surreal video. Scientists believe the weird phenomenon is caused by methane released by melting permafrost. Now around 7,000 of those bubbles are getting...
- Dramatic disintegration of Canada permafrost threatens huge carbon release Sat, 4 Mar 17, 3:15amPermafrost, or frozen soil, is rapidly collapsing across a 52,000 square mile area in northwest Canada - about the size of the entire state of Alabama...
- Zombie anthrax outbreak hits Siberia after blistering heatwave Mon, 1 Aug 16, 9:16pmZombie anthrax from a reindeer that has been dead for 75 years appears to have resurfaced after a recent heatwave hit Siberia, infecting 13 Yamal nomads and killing 1,500 reindeer, Washington Post reports...
- Insane video shows Siberian ground bubbling like a "wobbling waterbed" Fri, 29 Jul 16, 1:30amSiberia is no stranger to weird geological phenomena. Adding to the list of the area’s vast holes and craters is a bubbling tundra on the island of Belyy. Environmental researchers found a site where the Earth wobbles like...
- Siberia's "gateway to the underworld" crater is rapidly growing due to climate change Thu, 16 Jun 16, 1:30amIn a remote area of Siberia, outside the small town of Batagaiin the Sakha Republic, the ground suddenly opened up between 25 and 50 years ago, and it never stopped...
- Russian scientist injects himself with 3.5 million year old bacteria for eternal youth Fri, 2 Oct 15, 2:26amOnce Russian scientists claims to have found the fountain of youth by injecting himself 3.5 million year old bacteria found in the Siberian permafrost. According to Anatoli Brouchkov, he no longer gets sick and is now stronger...
- Scientists are preparing to “awaken” a 30,000-year-old Frankenvirus from Siberia Fri, 11 Sep 15, 2:20amWhat you’re about to read may sound like the plot of an upcoming science fiction thriller, but we assure you, it’s all real. Scientists are preparing to bring a 30,000-year-old giant virus back to life, after it was unearthed...
- Scientists preparing to “awaken” a second 30,000-year-old Frankenvirus from Siberia Thu, 10 Sep 15, 8:00pmWhat you’re about to read may sound like the plot of an upcoming science fiction thriller, but we assure you, it’s all real. Scientists are preparing to bring a 30,000-year-old giant virus back to life, after it was unearthed...
- Toxic methane is leaking from Siberia’s rapidly melting permafrost Thu, 25 Dec 14, 2:00amYamal Peninsula in Sibera has a massive problem: Gigantic sinkholes have opened in its permafrost, leaking huge amounts of the greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere...