The zombie diseases of climate change: What lurks in the Arctic’s thawing permafrost? Melting permafrost in the Arctic is unlocking diseases and warping the landscape. All hell breaks loose as the tundra thaws: A recent heatwave in Siberia’s frozen wastes has resulted in outbreaks of deadly anthrax and a series of violent explosions. Is there a ticking time bomb under the Arctic? Scientists in Alaska find mammoth amounts of carbon in the warming permafrost. Is Antarctica’s scarred seafloor a harbinger of trouble to come? Ice apocalypse: Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century.
