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Frans-Jan Parmentier
@thissideofthearctic.org
Senior researcher at the University of Oslo. I study the impact of climate change on the Arctic-Boreal carbon cycle. Interested in the role of vegetation dynamics and permafrost thaw.
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Cold war's crazy ideas involving an ice sheet: "safe" nuclear waste disposal deep under the ice, a testing ground for hovercraft speeding across the icy surface, or an elaborate system of tunnels for trains with nuclear war heads. Oh, and chairs made of permafrost: arstechnica.com/science/2024...
The Golden Age of offbeat Arctic research
The Cold War spawned some odd military projects that were doomed to fail.
FP
Frans-Jan Parmentier
@thissideofthearctic.org
Senior researcher at the University of Oslo. I study the impact of climate change on the Arctic-Boreal carbon cycle. Interested in the role of vegetation dynamics and permafrost thaw.
125 followers158 following18 posts