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Researchers' data show climate change is accelerating the melting of Siberia

Brittany Patterson
Initial Publication Date: April 29, 2016

Summary

Siberia, one of the world's largest storehouses of frozen greenhouse gases, is melting at a quickened pace.

Over the last 7,000 years, winter temperatures in the Siberian permafrost regions have gradually risen, according to new research from German and Russian scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and published in the journal Nature Geoscience. It's a trend that has long been predicted by climate models but never before been proved.

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Patterson, B. (2015). Researchers' data show climate change is accelerating the melting of Siberia. http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060012729