Korea should not rush. There is no need to accept a high-risk energy project as the price of entry into broader negotiations.

Ny-Ålesund in Norway's Arctic is the world's most northerly settlement. A team of scientists surrounded by glaciers, polars bears, walruses and arctic foxes call this hostile env ...

These areas are dominated by coniferous forest, generally have permafrost soils, and occur below the Arctic tundra latitudes.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Permafrost thaw in Alaska poses significant risks to infrastructure, as warming temperatures cause ground instability. A new method using high-resolution ...

The Earth itself is also frozen in parts of the island, known as permafrost, which will thaw in the nearer term as temperatures rise. “That's going to give you certainly instability in terms of ...

Permafrost melting is emerging as a unique environmental threat in the Kashmir Himalaya. A new study has found that thawing permafrost could affect 193 km of roads, 2,415 households, 903 alpine ...

The mammals are believed to be more than 50,000 years old but were found in extremely good condition when they were plucked from the permafrost. The ancient wolf pup was found with all of its body ...

The past nine years have been the warmest on record in the Arctic, with 2024 marking the second-warmest year since 1900. These temperatures are causing the permafrost — permanently frozen ground that ...

The thawing of Arctic permafrost endangers the livelihoods, security, health, and food stability of the populations residing in these northern regions, according to an international team of scientists ...

The Arctic permafrost thaw is hazardous to the livelihood, safety, health, food security, and the infrastructure of communities living in Arctic regions, an international group of scientists have ...

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