A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new ...

This access road near Toolik Field Station on Alaska’s North Slope shows the effect of ground subsidence. More needs to be done to better understand rapidly changing Arctic landscapes that are ...

Le Permafrost, ou pergélisol en français, est un sous-sol gelé en permanence dont la température n’excède pas 0 °C pendant au moins deux années consécutives.

An inevitable, and observable, consequence is the thawing of permafrost, and there are strong indications that the occurrence of landslides is increasing as consequence. However, there is still ...

Melting Arctic permafrost is creating ongoing challenges for communities across the North, and a new study is shedding light on how those threats are perceived from region to region. Understanding ...

Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, Northern Forest Fire Management Key Laboratory of the State Forestry, College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, ...

Other reasons may include vegetation dieback (the gradual death of plant tissue) and the growing frequency of permafrost thaw. In tundra regions, average annual soil temperatures are trending toward ...

Instead, they were delayed by several thousand years, until permafrost began thawing. The researchers say their findings indicate that thawing permafrost was an important trigger of landslides in ...

Instead, they were delayed by several thousand years, until permafrost began thawing. The researchers say their findings indicate that thawing permafrost was an important trigger of landslides in ...

For thousands of years, the Arctic’s permafrost has acted as a vast carbon storage system, helping to regulate the planet’s climate. However, a new study published today (January 21) in Nature Climate ...

Infrastructure in permafrost areas is threatened by river bank erosion, Mackenzie River Delta, Canada. Credit: Angus Alunik, 2021 The first comprehensive study examining the social impacts of thawing ...