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Something is thawing beneath Alaska — and the price tag could be $43 trillionAlaska's tundra holds immense frozen carbon stores which are thawing. This thaw releases greenhouse gases, potentially causing significant ...- The Arctic is sitting on a 63-billion-ton carbon secret, and scientists are concernedBeneath the Arctic’s frozen surface lies a hidden carbon reserve of nearly 63 billion tons. As rising temperatures thaw ancient permafrost,...
- ‘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...
- What Scientists Found Inside a Cave Beneath Greenland’s Ice Is Raising New Climate QuestionsAncient Arctic caves hold secrets of a warmer past. Mineral deposits show the region was once free of permafrost, experiencing much higher ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- CO2 in the atmosphere up by record amount in 2024: UNThe increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year was the biggest ever recorded, the United Nations said Wednesday, ...
- ‘Earth is warming at its fastest pace in 10,000 years — business leaders must heed the Anthropocene’The 25th ET Awards for Corporate Excellence featured a special address by Mrs Meera Jain. She highlighted the pressing need to address clim...
- Humanity is on the verge of 5 climate ‘tipping points,’ report warnsA new study warns that five major global tipping points are in danger of being crossed at current levels of warming, leaving humanity at an...
- Zombie viruses may awaken by 2030 after 50,000 years of dormancy due to global warming: ResearchAs the Earth warms and ancient permafrost thaws, dormant pathogens pose a potential threat to public health. French virologist Jean-Michel ...
- New virus revived after 50,000 years; what to know about the Zombie virusZombie viruses have been dormant for many years due to being trapped inside the ice and have come to life after the ice melted. Researchers...
- 3-5°C temperature rise is now ‘locked-in’ for the ArcticEven if the world were to cut emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, winter temperatures in the Arctic would rise 3-5°C by 2050 and 5-...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Why not enough people are working on climate change in IndiaThe Divecha Centre for Climate Change, at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, is organising a national conference on climate chan...
- World Bank releases new report on climate change, global warmingReductions of these so-called short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) would slow rapid melting in mountain regions with glaciers, like the H...
- Earth's orbit may have caused ancient hot spells: StudyA new study has found that cycles in Earth's orbit could be blamed for those ancient heat waves that raised the surface temperature by five...
- 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 ...
- 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...
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