A team of climate scientists from France, Russia and Germany has found that ancient viruses dormant for tens of thousands of years in permafrost can infect modern amoeba when they are revived. For ...
Across the Arctic, strange things are happening to the landscape. Massive lakes, several square miles in size, have disappeared in the span of a few days. Hillsides slump. Ice-rich ground collapses, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The 2016 Siberian Anthrax outbreak wasn’t just a freak ...
Thawing Arctic permafrost laden with billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases not only threatens the region's critical infrastructure but life across the planet, according a comprehensive scientific ...
Permafrost in Norilsk, Russia, 1900. (Paul Blackmore / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) The Cold War was also a war on the cold. The United States and the Soviet Union considered the ability to ...
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