Siberia: The Melting Permafrost

Nov 18, 2025 | Environmental, Videos

In Siberia, Russian geophysicist Sergei Zimov and his son Nikita fight global warming with a radical project: recreating a Pleistocene ecosystem to stop permafrost from melting. Beneath the ice lies a climatic time bomb—microbes that could destabilize the planet once thawed.

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