In Siberia, this permafrost is now melting at extremely alarming rates, causing concern for the environment and public health ...
The question of permafrost Permafrost, which is no longer a permanently frozen layer of the Earth’s surface, stores around 1.5 trillion metric tons of organic carbon. This is where the remains ...
With the Arctic now warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world, the region is seeing more precipitation and the permafrost is thawing, leading to stronger river flows. Major river ...
The team of researchers explored caves in Canada to look for clues left in speleothemsmineral deposits accumulated over thousands of years—that might help answer when in the past did Canadian ...
Cold temperatures limit the decomposition of organic material, making permafrost soils a significant carbon sink. But warming temperatures from climate change are thawing permafrost and allowing ...
With the Arctic now warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world, the region is seeing more precipitation and the permafrost is thawing, leading to stronger river flows. We’re ...
Nuclear-armed powers have faced off across the Arctic since the cold war; the same conflict saw a governance regime of ...