From unstable slopes to rock falls, thawing permafrost will have many consequences for mountain regions, including the Swiss ...

The frozen layers of Earth’s permafrost have long been a mystery, hiding secrets from thousands of years ago. Climate change, ...

Permafrost is the hidden frozen “glue” – a layer formed by ice, rock and soil – that holds icy northern landscapes together.

Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...

Found preserved in permafrost on Bylot Island ... had been studying a fossilized forest on the island with colleagues in 2009. Melting permafrost caused landslides in the area, revealing a ...

Since the second inauguration of President Franklin Roosevelt in 1937, the constitutional date on which newly elected American presidents assume office has fallen on January 20, at the coldest time of ...

Called the active layer, this soil normally thaws each summer and refreezes in winter, protecting permafrost from rising heat above. But in the spring of 2018, a crew working for Nikita found that ...

Arctic kelp absorbs metals from melting glaciers, increasing mercury levels by 72%. This could harm marine life and fisheries ...

Many peatlands have been frozen over thousands of years in permafrost with "nearly 20% of the permafrost areas, store[ing] nearly 50% of soil carbon of the permafrost ecosystem, equal to nearly 10 ...