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Whatever happened to the Siberian permafrost “tipping point” from 2005?
Anthony Watts

It seems like yet another climate doomsday prediction has failed to materialize.

In August of 2005, the ever-alarmed Guardian posted this scare story:

Warming hits ‘tipping point’

Siberia feels the heat It’s a frozen peat bog the size of France and Germany combined, contains billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas and, for the first time since the ice age, it is melting.

“If we don’t take action very soon, we could unleash runaway global warming that will be beyond our control and it will lead to social, economic and environmental devastation worldwide,” he said. “There’s still time to take action, but not much.

The article continues with:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/21/whatever-happened-to-the-siberian-permafrost-tipping-point-from-2005/
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