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Alaska temperature to increase 40 degrees above normal
The NOAA stated that march 2019 for Alaska will be ranked the warmest once again for the 29th time since 2013. It is not only March, many more such months have witnessed warmer temperatures in Alaska since 1925. Usually the temperature should be -13 degree Celsius. But it was 35 degree Celsius. Alaska is one ..
Topics: Celsius • Climate change in the Arctic • Geography • Geomorphology • Instrumental temperature record • Landforms • Montane ecology • Pedology • Permafrost • Physical geography
Doomsday vault warming faster than the other
Doomsday vault is a global seed reserve. With 4 months of daylight and 4 months of darkness, the place is the favourable to reserve seeds in case of apocalypse. It is built on permafrost which has several thich layers of ice harder than concrete. REcently cracks are found in the building. Scientists confirm that this ..
Topics: Climate change in the Arctic • Geography • Geomorphology • Ice • Landforms • Montane ecology • Pedology • Permafrost • Physical geography • Seed