Thawing Permafrost Exposes Old Pathogens—and New Hosts
The Arctic—that remote, largely undisturbed, 5.5 million square miles of frozen terrain—is heating up fast. In fact, it’s warming nearly four times quicker…
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Underwater Permafrost Is a Big, Gassy Wild Card for the Climate
The result is the worrisome image shown above—a massive sinkhole indicating that the subsea permafrost has thawed and collapsed. This sinkhole is a giant…
Rapid changes to the Arctic seafloor noted as submerged permafrost thaws: Using MBARI mapping…
A new study from MBARI researchers and their collaborators is the first to document how the thawing of permafrost, submerged underwater at the edge of the…
Fast-melting alpine permafrost may contribute to rising global temperatures
From the ancient sludge of lakebeds in Asia's Tibetan Plateau, scientists can decipher a vision of Earth's future. That future, it turns out, will look very…
Scientists Find Ancient Critters Alive After 24,000 Years in Permafrost
Rotifers are microscopic freshwater-dwelling multicellular organisms. They're already known to withstand freezing (even in liquid nitrogen), boiling,…
Micro-animal frozen in Siberia’s permafrost for 24,000 years comes back to life- Technology…
Agence France-PresseJun 10, 2021 17:26:16 ISTA microscopic animal called a bdelloid rotifer came back to life after being frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia…
Five satellite images that show how fast and drastically the Earth is changing- Technology News,…
The ConversationJun 10, 2021 11:11:41 ISTYou have probably seen satellite images of the planet through applications like Google Earth. These provide a…