Climate security

Experts: Anthrax outbreak in Yamal is first sign Arctic may be in danger

This summer’s outbreak of anthrax in Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic, resulting from unusually warm weather, may be followed by others in neighboring regions. Global warming is capable of triggering more cases of various diseases, whose infectious agents have remained preserved in permafrost soil for centuries, microbiologists and climatologists said in a TASS video conference on Friday.