Permafrost serves as an enormous carbon reservoir, containing about 1,500 billion tons of organic carbon. To put this into perspective, it holds nearly twice the carbon currently present in the ...

Beneath the frozen skin of the Earth, a silent awakening is underway. As Arctic and sub-Arctic permafrost thaws, ancient ...

Arctic permafrost contains twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. But the researchers found that the thawings—which expel stores of carbon dioxide sequestered deep in frozen vegetation—were not ...

Svalbard is the fastest warming place in the world, and even within the Arctic. Leaving as little trace as possible is a ...

If warming continues, how will melting permafrost transform landscapes? Will forest grow in place of tundra? Will wetlands rise where forests once grew? And will these changes affect the carbon ...

Photosynthesising microbes in soil may increase their activity as temperatures rise, offsetting some of the carbon emissions ...

Scientists have made a leap in genetic engineering by pushing elephant cells into an embryonic-like state. This marks a major step toward recreating traits of the extinct woolly mammoth, offering new ...

Mammoths could also help compact snow, which acts as an insulator, further preventing the permafrost from thawing. Grasslands are known to store more carbon in their roots than forests, so restoring ...