Re: Oh crap - more global warming

Winston_Smith <not_real@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here in Yakutia, a region in the north-eastern corner of Siberia, the
belt of permafrost containing the mammoth-era soil covers an area
roughly the size of France and Germany combined. There is even more of
it elsewhere in Siberia.

"The deposits of organic matter in these soils are so gigantic that
they dwarf global oil reserves," Zimov said.

Sounds like that would be highly fertile soil!
If the temps there are still too low/growing season too short that soil
could be transported to a warmer climate.

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