New research from Dartmouth College provides the first evidence that the Arctic's frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth's northernmost rivers.
While much of the world is grappling with rising sea levels due to the melting of Greenland's ice sheet, the situation on the Greenlandic mainland is almost the opposite. The land is rising faster than the current sea level.
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Scientists are examining prehistoric viruses from the Siberian permafrost in the animal dug. A lab in Russia s Siberia state is beginning study about prehistoric viruses conserved in the remnants of animals discovered in melting permafrost.
Led by the Biotechnology, University of Yakutsk and Vector State Research Centre of Virology, the research will begin by examining tissues from a prehistoric horse from at most 4,500 years ago.
These remnants were found in Yakutia, an area of Siberia, where Paleolithic animals such as mammoths are frequently seen.
(Photo : Maria Orlova)
Other Prehistoric Animals
The scientists strive to research other prehistoric animals including rodents, partridges, hares, elk, dogs, the 28,800-year-old Malolyakhovsky woolly mammoth, and more. Several of the remnants are above 50,000 years old. All the animals were discovered because of the thawing.