About: [The Project] [The ApocaDocs] [Equal Share]

The Six Scenarios: [Species Collapse] [Infectious Disease] [Climate Chaos] [Resource Depletion] [Biology Breach] [Recovery]

Explore:

Play: It's weekly, funny, and free!

---

SEARCH More than 5,600 stories! A great gift for crisis deniers! Humoring the Horror of the Converging Emergencies 94 color pages $24.99 now $15! Or read FREE online! Twitter Ping this story in social media: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon

Posted Wed Feb 17 2010: from Science Daily: Permafrost Line Recedes 130 Km in 50 Years, Canadian Study Finds http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1266450990 In a recent issue of the scientific journal Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Serge Payette and Simon Thibault suggest that, if the trend continues, permafrost in the region will completely disappear in the near future.... While climate change is the most probable explanation for this phenomenon, the lack of long term climatic data for the area makes it impossible for the researchers to officially confirm this. Professor Payette notes, however, that the average annual temperature of the northern sites he has studied for over 20 years has increased by 2 degrees Celsius. [Read more stories about: permafrost meltdown, arctic meltdown, global warming] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

'Doc Michael says: It doesn't sound quite so bad when you say "80 miles." Um, or does it? NEXT> More stories: Probers unearth toxin shock in Greenpoint groundwater Almost half of all primates face 'imminent' extinction (Permafrost Line Recedes 130 Km in 50 Years, Canadian Study Finds) Coal ash intentionally scattered over frozen Platte Fundy lobster deaths blamed on pesticide Want to explore more? Try the PaniCloud!

Copyright 2010 The Apocadocs.com