Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

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 ...

Thawing permafrost can lead to significant landscape changes, affecting local ecosystems and wildlife habitats. As the ground destabilizes, it can disrupt the delicate balance of these ecosystems ...

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 ...

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 ...

From unstable slopes to rock falls, thawing permafrost will have many consequences for mountain regions, including the Swiss ...

Another important aspect the scientists study in the Arctic is how wildfires influence the permafrost. Landscape fires trigger soil erosion processes: the tundra's upper cover, being left without ...

Permafrost is the hidden frozen “glue” – a layer formed by ice, rock and soil – that holds icy northern landscapes together.

For thousands of years, the shrubby landscape of the Arctic tundra stored carbon, but wildfires and thawing permafrost mean that this region is now releasing more carbon than it stores ...