Woolly mammoths resurfacing in Siberia

Los Angeles Times by Megan K. Stack | Mar. 2, 2010 (Special Report)

Reporting from Moscow - The beasts had long lain extinct and forgotten, embedded deep in the frozen turf, bodies swaddled in Earth's layers for thousands of years before Christ. Now, the Russian permafrost is offering up the bones and tusks of the woolly mammoths that once lumbered over the tundra. Full Story »

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Interesting because of its novelty, the story gives another graphic example of evidence of regional warming in global climate change, where warming is most extreme near the poles.

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    Huffington Post | Mar. 2, 2010 (Special Report)
    A fantastic LA Times article details the recent proliferation of woolly mammoth bones in Siberia. As permafrost in the region thaws, entire villages subsist on trade in ...
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