Posts Tagged ‘permafrost’

3,500-Year-Old Bear Found in Siberian Permafrost Dissected (Video)

A unique discovery was made in early 2023, that has no known precedents worldwide: the fully preserved carcass of a 3,460-year-old brown bear, found in the Siberian permafrost. Read more Section:  News Videos Read Later  Source

The Permafrost is Melting, Releasing Deadly Viruses (Video)

The Arctic’s permafrost is thawing due to human-induced climate change, resulting in dire consequences. Read more Section:  News Ancient Places Antarctica Videos Read Later  Source

3,500-Year-Old Mummified Bear Found in Siberian Permafrost

As the permafrost in Siberia melts, it has revealed a mummified brown bear that lived more than three millennia ago. Scientists are now planning to conduct an autopsy on the bear, with the hope of making a breakthrough in the study of ancient animals. The bear’s remains were found by deer herders on Bolshoi Lyakhovsky […]

Arctic Circle Anomalies: Archaeological Insight Under the Permafrost

The Arctic Circle is the farthest northern of the five major circles of latitude on the planet. It marks the northernmost point at which the center of the noon sun is just visible on the winter solstice . During the summer solstice , the heart of the midnight sun is just visible at the southernmost […]

Tiny Animal Revived After 24,000 Years Entombed in Siberian Permafrost

A tiny animal called a rotifer has been revived after spending 24,000 years frozen in permafrost. It is the longest a rotifer has been observed to survive in such extreme cold. While simple organisms like bacteria can often survive millennia in permafrost, “this is an animal with a nervous system and brain and everything”, says Stas […]

Ancient Diseases Released By Rapid Permafrost Meltdown Threaten Europe

“Another” scientist has warned about ancient diseases released by melting permafrost in the Arctic Circle and the potential harm that could result. Adding to the list of scientists warning that climate change will spark a resurgence of ancient diseases, Dr Vladimir Romanovsky from the University of Alaska has now included smallpox, zika virus, and dengue, […]

Researchers learn to fine tune tokamak magnetic fields to mitigate damaging energy bursts

In 1655 the English mathematician John Wallis published a book in which he derived a formula for pi as the product of an infinite series of ratios. Now researchers from the University of Rochester, in a surprise discovery, … Source Article from http://phys.org/news/2015-11-fine-tune-tokamak-magnetic-fields.html

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