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Arctic thawing at a rate so high, it wasn't expected until end of century
- "The frozen permafrost in the Arctic is thawing on an alarming scale. By analysing an annual record of satellite images, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have now confirmed these findings: thermokarst lakes in Alaska are draining one by one because warmer and wetter conditions cause deeper thaw, effectively weakening frozen ground as a barrier around lakes. In the season 2017/2018, lake drainage was observed on a scale that model outputs didn’t expect until the end of the century." - Excerpt from Alfred Wegener Institute
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