crucial questions are how much permafrost will thaw and how much carbon will that release into the atmosphere? It's a question complicated by the many processes that take place in the carbon cycle.

The fact that the site is located on permafrost places special demands on antenna construction. Sixteen supporting pillars driven 14 metres into the permafrost ground keep the 31-tonne structure ...

Most permafrost is found in the northern hemisphere ... more methane would actually be emitted in some places—but not everywhere. This is because the evaporation of water from the moist soils ...

Due to Arctic warming, fossilized microbes buried in Arctic ice and soil may wake up. The fear is that these pathogens will ...

Scientists hope to find unique ancient bacteria and carry out genetic analysis of the plants and spores Yana ate to learn ...

Many peatlands have been frozen over thousands of years in permafrost with "nearly 20% of the permafrost areas, store[ing] nearly 50% of soil carbon of the permafrost ecosystem, equal to nearly 10 ...

“We're in that period of time now,” she said, “where the changes are so erratic and so extreme, there's a good chance your sites will either be burned, actively on fire or flooded because the ...

"When the temperature of permafrost starts to increase, piles start to shift out of place, and that's what we call bearing capacity loss, or decrease in bearing capacity. That was the main hazard ...

If you want to fully understand risk and prepare for hazards, you need to have the full picture Chandi Witharana (left) and PhD ...

Upcoming survival-crafting game Permafrost just got a new trailer at the Future Games Show spring showcase, and when a promotional video starts with the moon itself being blown to smithereens ...

In places with steep glacial landscapes, rapidly moving ice sometimes scours the underlying bedrock, further degrading permafrost. The rock-ice avalanche in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, in February 2021 ...