Russian Scientists Are Trying to Revive Wooly Mammoths to Halt Siberia’s Warming Crisis
The prehistoric animals could diffuse the Arctic’s ticking carbon bomb
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6 min readApr 2, 2021
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On a warm afternoon in the northeastern Siberian region of Yakutia, farther north than most humans care to live, Sergey Zimov stood below an eroding mudbank along the Kolyma River. He reached down by…