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Something Stirs: What Will Happen as Permafrost Thaws?
Description: Homes are sinking and trees are tipping over in Alaska. Mammoth bones are surfacing in the Russian Far East - so many that people have begun selling the tusks as a substitute for elephant ivory. And in 2016, more than 70 people in western Siberia were hospitalized for exposure to anthrax, likely spread from a decades-old reindeer carcass that thawed from frozen ground. And the worst is yet to come. [Source: Discover Magazine]
URL: http://discovermagazine.com/2018/jun/something-stirs
Availability: Full Text
Source: Discover Magazine
Publish Date: 6/1/2018
Reading Level: Basic
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