Scientists have uncovered the carcass of a 50,000-year-old giant baby mammoth in Russia as a result of melting permafrost. Nicknamed Yana, the female mammoth is an “exceptional” find by the research team, according to North-Eastern Federal University. The carcass was found among the melting permafrost at the crater, known as “gateway to the underworld”. Yana will be studied by scientists …
New lakes are emerging in Alaska due to thawing permafrost and releasing methane—a greenhouse gas—into the atmosphere. The Big Trail Lake in Fairbanks, Alaska, is one such ‘thermokarst lake’ that has come into existence over the last 50 years or so and is continuously belching bubbles filled with methane gas, according to a blog post by NASA. “At Big Trail …
A new study from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute researchers and their collaborators have document how the thawing of permafrost, submerged underwater at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, is affecting the seafloor. Numerous peer-reviewed studies show that thawing permafrost creates unstable land which negatively impacts important Arctic infrastructure, such as roads, train tracks, buildings, and airports. Using advanced underwater …
Scientists may have found the reason why massive craters are being formed in the Siberian Tundra. In recent research published in Geosciences Journal last week, scientists have observed that large accumulation of methane gas due to climate change in the permafrost may have led to the explosions in the Russian region that has led to the blowouts leaving massive craters. …
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