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October 31, 2013

Thawing Permafrost: The speed of coastal erosion in Eastern Siberia has nearly doubled
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2013
The high cliffs of Eastern Siberia - which mainly consist of permafrost - continue to erode at an ever quickening pace. This is the conclusion which scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research have reached after their evaluation of data and aerial photographs of the coastal regions for the last 40 years. According to the researchers, the reasons for this increasing erosion are rising summer temperatures in the Russian permafrost regions as well the re ... read more

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