> It also seems climate change and global warming Russia thinks benefits them at least then, maybe now as well. That is curious idea. I wonder how the risks of

> It also seems climate change and global warming Russia thinks benefits them at least then, maybe now as well. That is curious idea. I wonder how the risks of thawing permafrost play into the equation. The thaw leads to newly available biomass, digested by microbes to release carbon dioxide and methane, and leaving a considerably altered environment including depressions filled with water [2]. Would those risks be outweighed by overall gains of a warmer Siberia? [2]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/17/the-great-siberian-thaw https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/17/the-great-sibe...