On the surface of the permafrost lies the so-called active layer, which thaws in summer and allows plants to grow: grasslands, forests, or wetlands with ponds and lakes. In some areas, the landscape ...

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

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

Some of their neighbors have been forced to move into town; thawing permafrost is undermining riverfront houses and making the landscape harder to navigate. One type of permafrost has researchers ...

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

For my Ph.D. research I explored how permafrost thaw in ancient Appalachia controlled landscape form and erosion rates. When I am not digging holes and dating old dirt in our backyard, I use remotely ...

Like in other regions of the Arctic, permafrost thaw is causing landscape changes and hazards that impact local ecosystems and livelihoods," says Johanna Scheer, postdoctoral fellow at the ...

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

also known as permafrost, as it thaws—is widespread and happening at accelerating rates, with serious implications, including ecosystem, infrastructure and landscape disruptions. In addition ...

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

Jasmine Saros has visited West Greenland every summer since 2011. Saros, a professor of lake ecology at the University of ...

Lachenbruch was an expert in permafrost, the rock-like layer of ... The thawing would cause damage not only to the pipe, but also to the landscape. It's legend at the USGS that Lachenbruch's ...