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 ...

a young Inupiat whaler in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, takes a breather while stacking whale meat in his family’s permafrost cellar. In the Zimovs’ vision of the past and future of Arctic ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Permafrost thaw in the Arctic threatens approximately 3 million people by impacting infrastructure, mobility, water quality, food security, and health. It poses ...

Below is the transcript of an interview with Waterman on Alaska ... away as the permafrost underneath melts. And in flat areas, these thermokarst appear like sinkholes. So the Arctic is a very ...

Climate change has already begun to instigate environment-altering effects around the world, and the latest evidence is cropping up in arctic regions ... boreal environments in Alaska. The researchers ...

A fire scar is seen outside Fairbanks, Alaska, in August 2022. Wildfire emissions and thawing permafrost have contributed to changes in the Arctic’s tundra, scientists say (NASA/Katie Jepson ...

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 ...