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Melting permafrost in the Arctic could release radioactive waste and awaken sleeping viruses – Livescience.com

Thawing permafrost driven by climate change could free trapped microbes and radioactive material.

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As climate change warms the Arctic, melting ice could release hazardous chemicals and radioactive material dating to the Cold War. Vanishing permafrost could also free viruses and bacteria that have slumbered beneath Arctic ice for tens of thousands of…

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