Saving Everything Else It’s not about saving us. It’s not about saving ourselves. It’s not about saving our ability to eat whatever we want, to buy more crap, to travel to distant places, to have a good job, to send our kid...

“Our moral obligation to this beautiful living planet is to do what we can to save what we can for whatever comes after us. It’s about saving everything else.” #SixthMassExtinction #EndOfIce #acidification #SeaLevelRise #PermafrostMelt #TundraBurn #pathogens

Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation - Nature Climate Change Thawing permafrost in the Arctic may release microorganisms, chemicals and nuclear waste that have been stored in frozen ground and by cold temperatures. This Review discusses the current state of pot...

#Permafrost Thaw 🧊🔬

Melting permafrost releases:

• Ancient microorganisms, potentially with #AMR genes
• Trapped pollutants and heavy metals
• #Methane, accelerating climate change
• New #ecological niches for #pathogens

#PermafrostMelt #EmergingThreats #HeavyMetals