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China's reckless expansion turning Tibet into a climate catastrophe, warns
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The study, released by the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs ahead of COP30, warns that Tibet, often called the "Roof of the World", is facing environmental breakdown with global implications.
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Scientists revive worm frozen 46,000 years ago
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The roundworm, of a previously unknown species, survived 40 meters (131.2 feet) below the surface in the Siberian permafrost in a dormant state known as cryptobiosis, according to Teymuras Kurzchalia, professor emeritus at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dr
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Fast-melting alpine permafrost may contribute to rising global temperature
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): Using lake sediment in the Tibetan Plateau, a team of researchers from the University of Arizona were able to show that permafrost at high elevations is more vulnerable than arctic permafrost under projected future climate conditions.
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Long-term permafrost record details Arctic thaw
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 16 (ANI): Frozen Arctic soils are set to release vast amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere as they continue to thaw in coming decades.
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Old trees in China's permafrost are witnessing growth spurt due to climate
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): Climate change in permafrost forest of north-eastern China is making Dahurian larch trees (hardy trees) to grow faster, found a study.
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Scientists discover enormous reserves of mercury in permafrost
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): Scientists have discovered massive reserves of mercury hidden in permafrost.
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Siberia in defrost mode as planet heats up.
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Dec. 22(ANI):For hundreds of thousands of years, the Siberian permafrost has been a giant freezer for everything buried within it.
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