The Arctic is heating up particularly fast as a result of global warming—with serious consequences. The widespread permafrost ...

New research reveals a concerning pattern of rapid and extreme climate changes across the Arctic, particularly in Siberia, the Canadian Northwest Territories, and Alaska. Utilizing over three decades ...

Understanding Permafrost and Its Global Distribution Permafrost, a layer of soil that remains frozen year-round, covers an ...

Alaska’s Arctic Ocean shores had been known to hold oil in some capacity since the 1800s. Native Alaskans would cut blocks of tundra to use as fuel for heat, as the frozen grass was soaked with ...

Most permafrost is found in the northern hemisphere, where it covers around a quarter of the land surface, mainly north of the Arctic Circle. In Scandinavia, it reaches a depth of 20 meters, up to ...

Strong monitoring in Canada’s N.W.T., Alaska, but data lacking elsewhere To conduct the study, researchers at George Washington University in the United States examined data from permafrost ...

More needs to be done to better understand rapidly changing Arctic landscapes that are sinking as climate-driven permafrost ...

Much of Alaska is underlain by permafrost to some extent, with about one-third of the state consisting of continuous permafrost, where the ground is frozen year-round. "The Arctic and boreal ...

"Arctic research will remain in limbo as long as current geopolitical tensions between Russia and other Arctic Council member ...

including Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and central Canada. These increases in water on the landscape over time are likely a sign of thawing permafrost. Among the 20 most vulnerable places the ...