The Frozen Ground Under Threat Permafrost is like Earth's ancient freezer, stretching over vast regions, mainly near the ...

A seemingly minor trickle of groundwater beneath Alaska’s tundra is quietly releasing vast amounts of carbon into the ocean.

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...

Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, a new report shows.

"The most climate-stressed regions all contained permafrost, which is vulnerable to thaw as temperatures rise," researcher Sue Natali said.

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

The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic ...

A third of the Arctic is now emitting climate-changing greenhouse gasses after thousands of years of storing them, according ...

Carbon sources are becoming especially prevalent in tundra and boreal environments in Alaska. The researchers say this may be a result of Alaska having rapidly warming autumns and declining autumn ...

“First, it will damage and degrade permafrost and the tundra landscape faster and create lots of issues for people living ... The Arctic Design Group, a collaboration of UVA professors and researchers ...