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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by irrational on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:56PM (#25171831)
Isn’t it already happening? Is that what is creating the huge methane explosions and craters in Siberia?
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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by samiru on Saturday November 21, 2020 @02:11PM (#25171950)
Yes. Check the Yamal Peninsula in Google Maps and you realize this kind of cratering is a process that has been going on for thousands of years (since the ice age really!).
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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by knowaveragejoe on Saturday November 21, 2020 @02:42PM (#25172229)
The scary part is that it's accelerating in on a timescale that's relevant to our needs as a species.
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