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Permafrost Melting

A somewhat worrying story in the Guardian today about the fact that the world’s largest peat-bog (bigger than France and Germany combined) has begun to melt for the first time since it was formed 11,000 years ago.
 
The concern is that, as it melts, it will release methane (a greenhouse gas), and so accelerate the rate of global warming. Definitely time to think about moving to higher ground, I feel.

2 responses to “Permafrost Melting”

  1. robert Avatar
    robert

    I’m intending to interrogate my brother on the matter when I next see him – he got back from a geological trip to Siberia yesterday (nothing to do with the report in the Guardian). I mocked a review of Colin Thubron’s Siberia when my book group read it last year – it claimed that Siberia was the new Tuscany – though it will be like the Italian Lakes.

  2. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Robert, thanks – do let us know what your brother has to say on the matter…

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