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Hot summers causing arctic sinkholes as permafrost thaws rapidly (exceed 2090 projections)
https://www.news4jax.com/weather/hot-summers-causing-arctic-sinkholes-as-permafrost-thaws-rapidlyWASHINGTON, D.C. - Arctic sinkholes are appearing across the Canadian High Arctic as permafrost -- ice expected to be frozen year-round -- thaws and collapses due to climate change, according to research published Monday.
Researchers found maximum thaw depths had already exceeded what they had expected to occur by 2090, according to the report published in Geophysical Research Letters journal.
Researchers found maximum thaw depths had already exceeded what they had expected to occur by 2090, according to the report published in Geophysical Research Letters journal.
Hey, only 70 years ahead of schedule!
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