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

Thawing permafrost would act as a positive feedback to warming—adding to global ... incorporating ever more nuances into the carbon and nitrogen cycles to better quantify carbon loss in ...

After ten years, the mine had reached its present depth of 116 meters, and Yakutsk became known as the cradle of permafrost science. Permanently frozen ground ... What all this means for the global ...

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

[1] As permafrost thaws, it releases the powerful greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, which contributes to further warming in a reinforcing feedback loop. Permafrost plays an essential role in ...