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Siberian Permafrost Melting

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hot-domino-effects dept.

TeknoHog writes "New Scientist Reports on a remarkable runaway process of global warming that has been going on in Siberia for the past few years. 'Western Siberia has warmed faster than almost anywhere else on the planet, with an increase in average temperatures of some 3C in the last 40 years.' As a result, a million square kilometers (the area of France and Germany) of frozen peat bog have been found to be melting, according to Russian and international scientists. This releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas, which contributes to further global warming."

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  1. Re:Word From the Whitehouse by mjh49746 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Don't blame me. I didn't vote for that backwards, warmongering son of a bitch. :-(

  2. Top Real Estate in 70 years by Tablizer · · Score: 1, Troll

    I've heard that one of the reasons that the Russians didn't sign the Kyoto Agreement was because they are tired of the cold and *want* a warmer country.

    Global warming may be good for *some* countries.

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  3. Re:Word From the Whitehouse by Neil+Blender · · Score: 1, Troll

    And how is this just Bush's fault?

    Dude, this is Slashdot. Everything, and I mean everything, from global warming all the way down to the latest fedora core zgrep gzip vulnerability is Bush's fault.