Siberian heatwave brings chilling warning

Siberria is basking in its warmest November for 70 years, putting its permafrost, wildlife and even the human population at risk.

Russian scientists warned on Thursday that southern Siberia, already known as one of the fastest warming regions on the planet, is facing grave consequences as a result of the unnaturally temperate start to its typically harsh winter.

A 984,000-square-kilometre expanse of permafrost has started to melt, releasing into the atmosphere large quantities of methane and carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
Sidney Morning Herald