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Big Hole in Russia Appearing Due to Climate Change

Benji Jerew — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:20:36 +0000

Thanks to ever-increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that human activity is pumping into the atmosphere, climate change is increasing average temperatures globally. In the arctic, some point to disappearing ice shelves and methane plumes as proof that climate change is happening. In the permafrost of the Russian steppe, people point at […]

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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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