Arctic
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Permafrost Thaw and Backwards Arctic Incentives Could Add Trillions to Climate Costs
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Surrounding the Arctic Ocean, lying along a nearly continuous 10,000 mile (16,000 km) ring of inhospitable tundra, one of Earth’s most important environmental assets is beginning to collapse. Permafrost — perennially frozen soil and rock — may not look like much, but estimates suggest that vast tracts of icy ground…