permafrost

Frozen permafrost soil is quite possibly the perfect place for bacteria to remain alive for long periods of time, perhaps even as long as a million years.

The release of that surface permafrost soil carbon is often offset by an increased growth in vegetation.

Between 2004 and 2012, the study authors drilled 13 permafrost soil cores from various sites in Alaska, and measured the total amounts of mercury and carbon in each core.

By: Egypt Today staff CAIRO -- 8 August 2017: Russian scientists have discovered on Monday a unique 12th century mummy that had been buried in permafrost soil in Siberia and named it called the Polar Princess which was buried in permafrost soil in the 12th century.

In one recent explosion, permafrost soil was thrown around 1 kilometre from the epicentre of the blast, highlighting the huge force, scientists discovered.

Methanogens, affiliated to the phylum of Euryarchaeota, are a group of archaea that produce methane under anaerobic conditions, which are ubiquitous in the biosphere and are particularly found in a variety of ecosystems such as rice paddies, lakes, hydrothermal vents, and permafrost soil and sediments [17].

In joint research with Canada, Japan succeeded in producing such gas from permafrost soil in northern Canada between 2007 and 2008 with the depressurization method.

Ironically, the section of the mostly buried pipeline ran above ground for environmental reasons--to protect the delicate permafrost soil below.

"Naturally, the bodies were buried under the upper layer of permafrost soil, on the bank of the Kolyma River," Boris Kershengolts, of the Siberian branch of the Academy of Sciences, told The Independent.

London, Dec 4 (ANI): The finding of a well-preserved bone marrow in a mammoth thighbone, from permafrost soil in Siberia, may help in cloning the extinct woolly mammal within five years.