The permafrost inside the Batagay crater is the second-oldest ever found on Earth and scientists are using it to reconstruct the planet's ancient …
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Thawing Permafrost Reveals Eerie Realities of Climate Change
As climate change warms the Arctic, melting ice could release hazardous chemicals and radioactive material dating to the Cold War.
Researchers have isolated viable microbes from melting permafrost after tens of thousands of years. But don't worry; they infect only …
The cold never bothered them anyway. Rotifer recovering from week-long cryptobiosis in the lab. Tiny zombies that were frozen in Arctic permafrost for …
Thawing permafrost driven by climate change could free trapped microbes and radioactive material. Ice melts on the tundra and thawing permafrost in …
Satellite images show fragments from the enormous iceberg A-76A dispersing near South Georgia island, where the previous world's largest iceberg also …
These deep ocean tides supply almost half of the world's oceans with vital nutrients and oxygen, but melting ice shelves are slowing them down. Deep …
