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Alaskan tundra thaws in warming world

Arctic puddles point to melting ice, but their effect is hard to predict.

Parts of Alaska that have been frozen for more than 3,000 years are now puddled with water, according to a team of scientists working in this northernmost US state.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on January 26, 2006 06:40 PM |

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My concern, as unfounded as it may be, is what could possibly thaw out of the permafrost. If it has been frozen for the last 3,000 years, what got frozen with it, or how will this effect flora and fauna? Organisms that may produce an effect not only greenhouse gases but also on other parts of the ecosystem, maybe?

Posted by: Andrei Luchuk | January 30, 2006 03:10 PM

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