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Siberian thaw fuels climate warming
Icy Siberia is feeling the heat. Its lake-dotted landscape is melting and soil rich with rotting vegetation is slithering underwater. It's a banquet for bacteria, but the bugs belch methane - a powerful greenhouse gas. How will this fuel climate warming? Antenna talks to scientists on the case...






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