Permafrost

• ‘Zombie’ virus revived after 50,000 years trapped in Siberian permafrost

  The study's authors discovered 13 never-before-seen viruses that have been lying dormant, frozen in ice, over tens of thousands of years.

  Science

  Nov 25, 2022
  
• 57,000-year-old wolf puppy found frozen in Canada’s permafrost

  Gold miners found the wolf in permafrost, where it was held '100 per cent intact' for millennia.

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  Dec 22, 2020
  
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• Mass lake drainage in Alaskan tundra another sign of climate change: researchers

  During the winter of 2017 and into the summer 2018, the entire region experienced unusually warm temperatures and exceptionally heavy precipitation consistent with what climate change models predict across the Arctic.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2020
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• Scientists discover sea ‘boiling’ with methane in Siberia

  "No one has ever recorded anything like this before," the expedition leader said in a statement.

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  Oct 10, 2019
• What is permafrost and what does it mean for Canada as it thaws

  Permafrost in the Arctic is degrading unexpectedly fast, leading to further fears from scientists about a looming climate emergency.

  Environment

  Jun 19, 2019
• Permafrost in Canadian Arctic thawing 70 years earlier than predicted: study

  "What we saw was amazing," said Vladimir E. Romanovsky, a professor of geophysics. "It’s an indication that the climate is now warmer than at any time in the last 5,000 or more years."

  Environment

  Jun 18, 2019
• Permafrost in Arctic is melting so fast it’s swallowing science equipment

  Merritt Turetsky, a University of Guelph biologist, warns the rapid melt could dramatically increase the amount of greenhouse gases released from ancient plants and animals frozen within the tundra.

  Canada

  May 2, 2019
• Scientists find perfectly preserved carcass of ancient horse in Siberia

  Russian scientists have found the carcass of an ancient foal perfectly preserved in the Siberian permafrost.

  Science

  Aug 23, 2018
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• Changing rainfall a worldwide problem

  Authors of a United Nations-sponsored book say that flooding in Alberta, toxic algae blooms in Lake Winnipeg and wildfires in Siberia are all connected and that the world can no longer ignore the effects of climate change.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2014