Russia’s permafrost is thawing out, and not in a good way
The thaw is putting buildings, pipelines and other infrastructure at risk of collapse, with Putin finally accepting he needs to address climate change
19 October 2019 - 09:08
Moscow — Russia plans to pay more attention to the effect climate change is having on its vast permafrost area.
Thawing of once permanently frozen ground covering more than half of Russia is putting buildings, pipelines and other infrastructure at risk of damage. With the Arctic warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, that is a big problem. The economic loss is 50-billion to 150-billion rubles ($2.3bn) a year, said Alexander Krutikov, deputy minister for the Far East and Arctic development...
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