Sweltering temperatures melting permafrost across Siberia

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Ground temperatures hit 48°C in Verkhojansk, well above the Arctic Circle. 9News

, well above the Arctic circle, were recorded at 48C by the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel satellites.While the air temperature in the region was a comparatively mild 30C, the scorching summer there has global ramifications.

Because while the hot ground is an indication of climate change, it has the capacity to make the greenhouse effect far, far worse.When it gets too warm, it has the potential to release vast quantities of climate change-causing methane into the atmosphere.The thawing ground also has the capacity to destabilise buildings and cause landslides.Siberia is home to immense forests or taigas, prone to devastating wildfires.

 

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fkd again

Isn't it summer

Permafrost is susceptible to temp changes with summer seasons, we don’t need more globull warming rubbish, thanks in advance.

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