permafrost
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ConocoPhillips Wants To Install Chilling Devices in the Arctic To Get More Oil
You may have heard: President Biden approved an enormous fossil fuel development in the Alaskan Arctic on Monday. The Willow Project,a planned $US8 ($11) billion oil and gas extraction endeavour by ConocoPhillips, is set to move forward in the state’s North Slope — despite fierce pushback from climate and other environmental stakeholders.
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‘Gasps’ as Scientists Reveal Preserved Baby Woolly Mammoth
She’s over 30,000 years old, and yet her preservation is astounding: She has her skin, her tiny tusk nubs, her toenails, and her little tail. She still has tufts of fur, and her trunk — with its prehensile tip — is complete and malleable. Looking at the initial photograph from where she was found at…
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Permafrost Thaw Could Unleash Long-Buried Pathogens and Radioactive Waste
Across the northern reaches of our planet, things are so cold that nearly 23 million square kilometres of earth remain frozen solid year-round. But that’s changing as the climate warms, and as that permafrost thaws, it releases trapped greenhouse gases from the soil. Scientists warn that radioactive waste and dangerous bacteria and viruses could emerge,…
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6 Photos Show Siberia’s Raging Wildfire Season
Wildfires raging across usually-frozen land, temperatures topping 37.8 degrees Celsius, smoke blanketing cities — it’s close to apocalyptic right now in Siberia as one of the world’s most northern regions struggles through another intense fire season.