Warming could damage Arctic, release frozen waste - Yahoo! News: "Global warming will damage the hunting cultures of Arctic peoples, thaw polar ice and could release toxic wastes now trapped in permafrost dumps, a U.N. study showed on Wednesday.
Rising temperatures were also a threat to creatures such as polar bears and seals which live on the ice.
Among problems on land, a melting of permafrost is "likely to have significant implications for infrastructure including houses, buildings, roads, railways and pipelines," it said."
Thursday, April 12, 2007
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