Scientists have found evidence that the Asian continent was free of permafrost all the way to its northerly coast with the ...

By Dez Loreen One permafrost researcher says changes at Angus Lake likely due to melting water underground. A large lake ...

The bold question-askers at What If explore how thawing Arctic permafrost could release ancient diseases into the modern world.

When permafrost thaws under a lake, microbes decompose organic material and convert it to methane. Anthony is known for cutting holes in the ice and lighting the gas. When permafrost thaws under a ...

Permafrost temperatures keep rising, and the report paints a grim future. Even if the world manages to hit the IPCC target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius by 2100, around 25 ...

On land, thawing permafrost has led to radical shifts in the Arctic landscape, including ground collapses, the formation and disappearance of lakes, the emergence of mounds called pingos, ...

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The permafrost has been stable for up to 1,000 years. What it could release was a key topic for permafrost experts, microbiologists, virologists, data scientists, ...

Arctic report card shows rising temperatures and vanishing sea ice 07:49. Rapidly thawing permafrost in the Arctic has scientists worried. According to a new study published Monday in the journal ...

Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region’s permafrost — a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground — and potentially stirring viruses that, after lying dormant for tens of ...

Thawing permafrost threatens Alaska Native villages Climate change is threatening many Alaska Native villages. Advocates are calling for a major overhaul of federal policy. Climate.