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PERMAFROST CARBON STUDY
Arctic holds 1.3 trillion tonnes of ancient carbon, scientists find what warming does to itA study of Arctic seabed sediments has offered new clues about the fate of ancient carbon released from thawing permafrost. Researchers fou...- 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 ...
- At about 11,000 feet, a Tibetan Plateau solar farm still used for sheep grazing made nearby soil freeze earlier and thaw laterA solar farm in Tibet has unexpectedly made the ground colder. Researchers found the soil beneath panels stayed frozen for fifty extra days...
- 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...
- 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...
- ‘Zombie Virus’: See 50,000 years old virus found in SiberiaA 50,000-year-old virus has been discovered in the Siberian permafrost, the layer below the topsoil that preserves various microbes and vir...
- Climate change, hydro projects triggered Chamoli disaster: StudyWhile the study stops short of linking the disaster directly to climate change, it says that the increasing frequency of high-mountain slop...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Huge emission cuts can save Arctic iceCutting greenhouse gases by 70% this century would spare the planet the most traumatic effects of climate change, including the massive los...
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