Stories Of Permafrost| Countercurrents
After emerging from a deep dive into the terrific world of melting permafrost, typically defined as “ground (soil or rock and included ice or organic
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After emerging from a deep dive into the terrific world of melting permafrost, typically defined as “ground (soil or rock and included ice or organic
Relegating dominant framings of permafrost is not a silver bullet solution, but it could help to open up discussions around the implications of the stories we tell.
Permafrost contains microbes, mammoths, and twice as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere. What happens when it starts to melt?
Pleistocene Park One Russian scientist hopes to slow the thawing of the Arctic Sergei Zimov is a polarising figure, but the results from his Pleistocene Park seem promising so far P ERCHED ON top of a cliff on the northern edge of Russia, Sergei Zimov doffs his beret, letting his long grey hair tumble down his back. His eyes glow as he leans his weathered face toward the frozen ground. Under the haze of never-ending northern days, he looks like a figure lifted from the golden background of a Russian Orthodox icon. Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts oniOSorAndroid.