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Keywords
Climate (campaign title)
Climate change
Cold
Ice
KWCI (GPI)
Permafrost melt
Research
Permafrost Institute in East Russia
Inside the Permafrost Institute of Yakutsk, located 12 meters underground, where scientists monitor and study the changes and fluctuations of the permafrost. Some of the ice crystals here are over 8 years old and the exposed organic soil is up to 10 000 years. The whole region is under heavy threat from global warming as temperatures increase and Russia’s ancient permafrost melts.
Unique identifier:
GP01VIO
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
15/06/2009
Locations:
Eastern Europe
,
Russia
,
Yakutia
,
Yakutsk
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Will Rose
Size:
5616px × 3744px 8MB
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Permafrost Melt Effects in East Russia
A Greenpeace team travels in East Russia to document the damage caused by the subsiding Russia's ancient permafrost, one of the heavy threats of global warming in the region, as temperatures continue to increase.
In several Russian cities houses and infrastructures are subsiding due to thawing permafrost, in some cases the phenomenon is so severe that the residents have been forced to relocate. In the city of Yakutsk the roads look as if the ground beneath them is bubbling and some railways are impassable.
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