“We're in that period of time now,” she said, “where the changes are so erratic and so extreme, there's a good chance your sites will either be burned, actively on fire or flooded because the ...

As permafrost laced with buried ice thaws, the ground collapses, forming craters or lakes. This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sergey Zimov, right ...

Permafrost is like Earth's ancient freezer, stretching over vast regions, mainly near the North and South Poles. It holds soil, rocks, and sub-zero water, remaining frozen for two years or more ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Researchers found a mummified saber-toothed cat in Russian permafrost. Despite being at least 35,000 years old, the cub retained most ...

Permafrost — the permanently frozen ground that underlies much of the Arctic land surface — is thawing in many parts of the Arctic. [1] As permafrost thaws, it releases the powerful greenhouse gas ...

The pipeline will be buried in a trench, mostly in permafrost.' And we looked at each other in sort of a manner of disbelief." — Art Lachenbruch, U.S. Geological Survey Art Lachenbruch was a ...