As the global temperature is rising, a number of glaciers and permafrost are melting, releasing microbes trapped in the icy grip for centuries. Among them is a roughly 50,000-year-old 'zombie virus', which has been revived.
Himalayan Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is threatening rapid fall down due to permafrost melting brought by global warming, as per a research published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
for the cemetery, so we are establishing a new cemetery just north of the church, in respect of both the living and the dead. with the layer of frozen ground the permafrost melting, there s a greater chance of avalanches in the winter and landslides in the summer. we can see the huge landslide from october 2016. and it went on the north.and the south side of the cemetery. and luckily, it didn t kind of
so we are establishing a new cemeteryjust north of the church, in respect of both the living and the dead. with the layer of frozen ground the permafrost melting, there s a greater chance of avalanches in the winter and landslides in the summer. we can see the huge landslide from october 2016. and it went on the north.and the south side of the cemetery. and luckily, it didn t kind of wash the cemetery down to the river. and now when i look at it. ..it s like a wound, you know? and maybe. ..it reminds us somehow of this wounded planet. across longyearbyen, everyone and everything is having to adapt and confront new dangers.