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Why Everything They Say About The Amazon, Including That It's The 'Lungs Of The World,' Is Wrong

Amazon deforestation is 75% below its 2004 high. Fires are up just 7% higher than their 10-year average. And fires in the forest itself aren't increasing. Here's why everyone got it wrong.
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COLDEST PLACE on Earth| Yakutsk, Yakutia | COLDEST PLACE on Earth | Yakutsk, Yakutia | By NSH Wonders | Have you ever imagined what the toughest, most extreme climate on planet Earth looks like? Well, there's a certain region of Northeastern Russia where conditions for human habitation truly couldn't be any more difficult. The region of Yakutia is widely known as one of the coldest, most brutal regions on planet Earth. Where mid-winter temperatures regularly fall below minus 60 degrees Celsius. Visibility is often less than five meters and the sun is completely blocked by an impenetrable layer of fog lasting months on end. You would think with conditions like there's no way a society could function and so-called normal life could operate but there are actually a group of people that have called this region home for generations and have not only survived but thrived but how is day-to-day life in the so-called pole of cold different to us what do these hardy people need to do just to get through the day during the cold dark eerie winter months well let's head to Yakutsk and find out oh and by the way by pure luck we manage to be there on the coldest day not just of the year but the last two decades COLDEST So Yakutsk is widely known as the coldest city on earth and with the population of three hundred thousand, it's also the largest city to be built on continuous permafrost. The lowest ever recorded temperature here in Yakutsk was minus 71 degrees Celsius and we here in the middle of January and the current temperature is just below minus fifty. What's just absolutely mind blowing about this city is that despite temperatures being below minus 50 despite it being incredibly incredibly cold. Life just seems to go on. By the way, about those people, let's meet a few of them. This is Arsenti and this is Nicolai, both members of the Walrus Club, a group of guys that ice bath everyday even in temperatures like this but we'll see more of that later and this is Maria, Yakutia's first Somalier. Yep, you heard that right, wine from Yakutia. And this is her husband, Maxim, with whom we headed out on an adventure to a remote Yakutia village. These are just a few of the many locals we met here in Yakutsk but before we hear more about these lovely people in their lives, let's head back out on to the We've been out for about 20 minutes and to be honest, I'm pretty warm myself because we've got very many layers but I'm starting to feel how my face is starting to burn because of the cold of these areas. On that note, we've had that in temperatures like this, it's very dangerous to kiss each other and if your skin comes into contact with metal, that's it. You're stuck to it. Living here in Yakutsk pushes the limits of human nature. And even some of the most basic daily tasks require precautions and forethought. For example, turning off your car. Turning your car off in these temperatures can cause the engine oil to freeze. Resulting in your car being stuck until spring. To avoid this, people either leave their cars running or rent expensive heated garages. However, people are up here and by the way, for people that can't afford their own heated garages, they have these parlors for their cars. Apparently, they're called Natasha. It's quite cool, babe. My mom's called Natasha. What Apostle Angelis Just second and to stop the windows freezing up whilst you drive, the cars here need to be retrofitted. But we'll let Maria explain that. Of course. How you feeling? Alright, I just can't feel my toes now. Can't feel your toes. Let's get inside quick. This is absolutely beautiful. Our phone is patterned to go and the camera's playing out but it's pretty much done already. Filming in these temperatures is extremely difficult and at one point, I have my glove off for filming for slightly too long and lost all of the feeling in one of my fingers. So, whilst we head to a coffee shop to warm up, let's show you where we're heading with Maria. So we've come to the Museum of the Permafrost and we're going to go and have a look underground at the Permafrost itself here in Yakutsk. The What the most incredible thing is about this place when you're walking through it is you realize that on this permafrost that we're looking at now, an entire city is built. The entirety of Yakutsk is on the permafrost and is built on exactly what we're looking at here. It's just incredible and because of this, the city can actually be thrown to ice shifts and one big problem that they had to overcome was the heat that emanates from the buildings not melting the ice. So, to counteract that, all of the buildings here in Yakutsk are actually built on this still which creates a gap between the warm homes above and the permafrost below. And obviously those can only hold that much weight that's why you won't find a building above 16 floors in your foot. And that also means that all the pipework across the city is actually above ground. I think it's one of the most beautiful cities I've ever seen in the world and it's not because of the architecture. The nature made it so gorgeous. These trees, honestly, I just can't get enough of. They're so gorgeous. I can just stay at them forever. Probably outside the window, not standing outside watching them forever. You've noticed that everywhere in the airports where it's leading up to the entrances, they've got carpets laid over because it's so slippery. I haven't seen it anywhere else in the world. In some crazy stroke of luck, this day, the day we chose to film, turned out to be the coldest day in the last two decades. You would think though, in these temperatures, nobody would go outside. But this couldn't be further from the truth. People here are inspirational to be honest. No matter what mother nature throws at them, the resilience of the Yakutsk shines through. Women stand outside at the market all day selling their wears. Delivery guys still work, kids go to school and some even go ice bathing on the frozen river Lena. This is Arcinti and Nicolai, two members of the swimmers group. Despite the temperatures, this group of incredible people turn up here almost everyday to dive into this icy water. Vietnam. Mhm. Wow. And it goes underwater. Like лес ощущения всегда прекрасные бодрые одеваться вроде самое сложное самое сложное да? Да а почему? Потому что уже мокрый? Да и щас за это вытереть, обсохнуть надо, а не получается достаточно, да? Я пока ничем не оттирался еще. Многое обтираю, чтобы главное пальцы ног в первую очередь их надо спасать. У нас как-то девушка приходила с Москвы минус пятьдесят или минус сорок что ли она без тапочек хотела побежать? Да, она бы сразу прилипла бы, не знаю он нравится At this point, you may be thinking that Yakutsk is just one big ice city all year round but actually, that's not all is the case. And despite the very cold snap that we're experiencing at the moment, on average, winters here are getting warmer. Climate changes having an effect on Russia's far north faster than most places on earth. And that poses a massive threat to the very permafrost the city is built on. Last summer the above average mercury culminated in tragic circumstances. The warming climate is a problem for all of humanity. And one that's a particular effect on Yakutia right now. Even if today walking around the city at minus sixty, it seems a long way off. As passes through, it's easy to be shocked at temperatures like this. I mean in Britain, the country completely shuts down after an inch of snow. But for people here, this is just everyday life. And the locals love their city and its climate. And for us, the main takeaway from this trip, funny enough, won't be the freezing cold, but the intense warmth of the Yakutsk people.

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