Russia may lose 30% of permafrost by 2050

July 31, 2011 by  

Russian scientists dig up food products buried in the Arctic permafrost in the Taymir peninsula. Russia has warned that vast permafrost areas may shrink by a third by the middle of the century due to global warming, endangering infrastructure in the Arctic zone.(AFP/File/Sergey Kuksin)AFP – Russia’s vast permafrost areas may shrink by a third by the middle of the century due to global warming, endangering infrastructure in the Arctic zone, an emergencies ministry official said Friday.


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