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 widespread permafrost in this region, where soils currently store twice as much carbon as the atmosphere, is thawing. Scientists are using increasingly detailed climate models to investigate ...

“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 ...

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 ...

A large crater in Siberia is getting bigger due to the way permafrost interacts with the environment. It is helping scientists understand more about past climates and how the permafrost is ...

By documenting Alaska's lakes and ponds in unprecedented detail, Levenson and colleagues show where and how water bodies can signal underlying permafrost thaw, providing a step toward a ...