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Would You Know Climate Change from a Hole in the Ground?

Benji Jerew — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 19:28:34 +0000

Climate change is affecting many different parts of the world, apparently in ways we do not yet fully understand, and may never understand. How about expanding and rupturing gas pockets in the permafrost of the northern Russian steppe? There’s a new hole in the Russian Yamal Peninsula, which has some people baffled, “Was it another […]

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Siberia Permafrost Starts Melting at 1.5 Celsius, According to Experts

Leigh Hutchens — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:37:18 +0000

In an alarming statement, scientists warned that a global temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius will trigger the melting of the permafrost in Siberia. Climate change could be accelerated by any major thaw in Siberia’s permafrost, which covers 24%of the land surface of the northern hemisphere. Hundreds of gigatonnes of carbon dioxide and methane might possibly […]

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Melting Permafrost to Release Billions of Tons of CO2 by 2100

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:33:19 +0000

In a recent UN Environment Programme report, it was declared that the permafrost across Siberia and Alaska has started to melt, threatening the earth with its release of an estimated 43 to 135 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) gases into the atmosphere by 2100. The permafrost, a vast area of supposedly permanently frozen land […]

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