Permafrost treasures
Explore treasures at risk from thawing permafrost: coastal permafrost thaw is particular fast because of warming and loss of sea ice that protects the coast from storms and waves.
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Archaeological remains of coastal Inuit settlements could be eroded by increased storms and permafrost thawEndFragment
Heritage sites such as hunters’ shelters could be destroyed by coastal permafrost thawEndFragmentEndFragment
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Rock carvings thousands of years old could be eroded by increased stormsEndFragment
Mummies of Ice Age animals such as the cave lion cub tens of thousands of years old will be destroyed if the permafrost that protected them thawsEndFragmentEndFragment
Mummies of Ice Age animals such as the baby mammoth thousands of years old will be destroyed if the permafrost that protected them thawsEndFragmentEndFragment
Mammoth tusks and bones of Ice Age animals are being exposed and destroyed by permafrost thawEndFragmentEndFragment
Some eroding river banks release teeth of baby dinosaurs tens of millions of years old that surprisingly, lived in the Arctic.EndFragmentEndFragment
Some microbes can survive for tens of thousands of years in permafrost. Thaw can release dangerous bacteria such as anthrax.EndFragmentEndFragment