Joint Russian and French scientific ecological expedition detected very fast thawing of permafrost in frost mound bogs of Western Siberia.
      
      The international project on studying frost mound bogs “Kar-Wet-Sib” united eight Russian researchers – ecologists, microbiologists and biogeochemists – and four French scientists from Midi-Pyrénées National Observatory.
      
      Researchers said that they were nearly shocked with the rate of bog permafrost thawing. Their estimations show that during last three years melting rate added 20% to its normal values.
      
      Source: ITAR-TASS