Rapid permafrost thaw unrecognized threat to landscape, global warming researcher warns – “We are watching this sleeping giant wake up right in front of our eyes”

Rapid permafrost thaw unrecognized threat to landscape, global warming researcher warns – “We are watching this sleeping giant wake up right in front of our eyes”

30 April 2019 (University of Guelph) – A “sleeping giant” hidden in permafrost soils in Canada and other northern regions worldwide will have important consequences for global warming, says a new report led by University of Guelph scientist Merritt Turetsky. Scientists have long studied how gradual permafrost thaw occurring over decades in centimetres of surface […]

Photo gallery: Chernobyl and 25 years of technogenic catastrophe

3 May 2011 (Desdemona Despair) – It’s hard for Desdemona to believe, but it’s been 25 years since the “worst technogenic accident in history.” Des heard the news at the front desk of the MacGregor House dorm, and has had a morbid fascination with the event ever since. The 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl explosion […]

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