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ALASKA PERMAFROST
Something is thawing beneath Alaska — and the price tag could be $43 trillion- In the 1950s, a Soviet engineer proposed damming the Bering Strait and pumping the ocean to melt the Arctic, a deliberate plan to thaw the top of the world and warm Siberia
- In 2005, scientists thawed 32,000-year-old organisms frozen since the Ice Age, and they started swimming almost immediately, challenging everything we knew about life's limits
- In the 1950s, US scientists planned to use nuclear bombs to blast a harbor on the Alaskan coast: Project Chariot, a Cold War scheme to reshape the map with atomic blastsIn 1958, the US proposed Project Chariot to blast a harbor in Alaska. This plan was part of Operation Plowshare, seeking peaceful nuclear e...20 Jul, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
- ‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...13 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
- In 1979, miners using hydraulic hoses in Alaska uncovered a mummified steppe bison preserved for 36,000 yearsAlaska's permafrost yielded a remarkable 36,000-year-old steppe bison, nicknamed "Blue Babe," in 1979. Unlike typical fossils, this specime...13 May, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
- Hidden Climate Trigger? What Scientists Found Beneath Our SoilVast carbon reserves lie hidden beneath farms, forests, and frozen Arctic soil. These underground stores, built over centuries, are now und...02 Mar, 2026, 03.17 PM IST
- Is the Ground Beneath Us Releasing More Carbon Than We Think?Beneath American soil, vast carbon reserves are stored. These underground stores, built over centuries and millennia, are now a focus for s...28 Feb, 2026, 04.59 PM IST
- From Ice to Green: How Rising Temperatures Are Reshaping the ArcticThe Arctic is changing. Once a land of snow and ice, it is now turning green. Warmer temperatures are causing plants to grow more. Shrubs a...25 Feb, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
- You really can see Russia from Alaska, things to know ahead of Friday's Trump-Putin summitAlaska's history is intertwined with Russia, dating back to Siberian fur traders in the 18th century. Once a Russian territory, Alaska was ...13 Aug, 2025, 11.07 AM IST
- Arctic contains 'giant mercury bomb'? How it may impact food?Melting arctic permafrost may impact food system by releasing mercury in water. Here's what report has said.19 Aug, 2024, 07.17 PM IST
- A new virus on the horizon: How melting Arctic is releasing ancient germs & why it is worryingThis is not the first time that a viable virus has been detected in permafrost samples.07 Dec, 2022, 07.20 PM IST
- Canadian gold miners discover rare mummified baby woolly mammoth with skin and hairMembers of the local Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation named the calf Nun cho ga, which means "big baby animal."28 Jun, 2022, 04.07 PM IST
- How climate change could expose new epidemicsThe Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the globe and claimed over 760,000 lives so far almost certainly came from a wild bat, highlighting th...16 Aug, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
- Permafrost carbon leak could peak within a few decades: StudyWashington, Aug 19 (IANS) Arctic permafrost's expected gradual thawing due to climate change and the associated influx of greenhouse gases ...19 Aug, 2018, 02.12 PM IST
- Arctic permafrost may unleash carbon within decades: NASAWashington, March 6 (IANS) Permafrost in the coldest northern Arctic -- formerly thought to be at least temporarily shielded from global wa...06 Mar, 2018, 11.42 AM IST
- Permafrost thawing below shallow Arctic lakes: StudyA regime shift in lake ice is leading to permafrost thawing below shallow Arctic lakes as a result of changing winter climate, a new study ...20 Jun, 2016, 02.11 PM IST
- China plans to build high speed rail networks to USThe proposed line beginning from China's north east could go through Russia's eastern Siberia, the Bering Strait, Alaska, Canada and then r...09 May, 2014, 01.01 PM IST
- Economic impact of Arctic melt could amount to 2.4 trillion dollars by 2050In a new report, scientists have determined that the economic impact of losing the Arctic's climate-cooling services could total a minimum ...08 Feb, 2010, 01.01 PM IST
- Japan, US say to cooperate on new 'ice' energyJapan and the United States on Saturday agreed to cooperate on research into methane hydrate, known as the "ice that burns" which is seen a...07 Jun, 2008, 11.40 AM IST
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