Poppies, Dandelions, Dasies Blooming Above 70N In Melting, Collapsing Permafrost

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The photographed area is 70th parallel north - with a distance to North Pole of only 1043 miles - where Russia has its northernmost residential settlements of Western Siberia. Picture: Sergey Loiko

Blooming’ might be the last word to associate with the Arctic, yet pictures below show meadows bursting with life as brightly-coloured flowers blossom in lush green grass.

And while vegetation in khasyreis, basins of drained Arctic lakes, is less of a surprise, researchers discovered ‘bursts of life’ next to a residential settlement where permafrost ice veins were broken when people dug sand pits.

The photographed area is 70th parallel north - with a distance to North Pole of only 1043 miles - where Russia has its northernmost residential settlements of Western Siberia. There, in bleak Arctic tundra, the summer-2019 expedition organised by Tomsk State University found oases of rich vegetation formed in places of actively thawing permafrost.

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https://www.siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/poppies-dandelions-and-daisies-bloom-in-never-before-seen-arctic-oases/

[iamthebandfanman]

1. the melting of permafrost

scares the crap out of me. i feel like its the runaway train thatll end our ability to do anything.
it gets hot, permafrost melts.. releases greenhouse gases... released greenhouse gases melt more permafrost...
it gets hot, permafrost melts... releases greenhouse gases.. released greenhouse gases melt more permafrost...

seems like a snowball effect we are going to have a lot of problems attempting to stop or slow down..