As permafrost melts as a result of climate change, it may release more radon, a colorless, odorless gas linked with lung cancer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

"Our research has shown that there could be a variety of hazards from human sources that could emerge from the thawing permafrost," Miner said. "Unfortunately, this includes mercury, nuclear waste ...

By bne IntelliNews When Russian settlers began building in what is now Yakutsk in the 17th century, they placed homes on ...

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Russia started mass-producing mobile bomb shelters capable of withstanding nuclear weapons while ominously ... to withstand Russia’s vast northern permafrost. “The mobile shelter is a ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. The melting of permafrost in the Arctic could result in toxic mercury leaching into the waters of Alaskan rivers, putting ...

Radioactive material has also been dumped in the Arctic — by Russia and the United States — since the advent of nuclear testing in the 1950s. “Abrupt thaw rapidly exposes old permafrost ...

WASHINGTON — Deadly pathogens lying dormant in centuries-old Arctic permafrost could become the latest threat from global climate change. The potential release of the pathogens has seized the ...

Many peatlands have been frozen over thousands of years in permafrost with "nearly 20% of the permafrost areas, store[ing] nearly 50% of soil carbon of the permafrost ecosystem, equal to nearly 10 ...

Radioactive material has also been dumped in the Arctic — by Russia and the United States — since the advent of nuclear testing in the 1950s. "Abrupt thaw rapidly exposes old permafrost ...