garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that there is a flourishing business consisting of digging up mammoth tusks from the Siberian permafrost and selling it to China, as a substitute for prohibited elephant ivory.www.nhm.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down10
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there is a flourishing business consisting of digging up mammoth tusks from the Siberian permafrost and selling it to China, as a substitute for prohibited elephant ivory.www.nhm.ac.ukgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarelvl7susceptible@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoYeah. Permafrost has a lot of carbon stored in it. The more digging humans do, the more is released into the atmosphere. It also starts a chain reaction and causes more to melt. https://youtu.be/HvKpnaXYUPU
Yeah. Permafrost has a lot of carbon stored in it. The more digging humans do, the more is released into the atmosphere.
It also starts a chain reaction and causes more to melt.
https://youtu.be/HvKpnaXYUPU