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

20 of the most vulnerable hot spots were home to permafrost, which is rapidly thawing ... data and long-term temperature records around the world to determine how vulnerable ecosystems are in ...

“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 ...

The vast frozen terrain of Arctic permafrost thawed several times in North America within the past 1 million years when the world's climate was not much warmer than today, researchers from the United ...

With permafrost, there’s just too much we can’t see. It covers an area more than twice the size of the United States, inhabited by half as many people as New York City, in some of the world ...

They want to study processes on the shelf and to make a 3D map of the submarine permafrost, the Tomsk State University's press service said. "The geography of studies, planned by the consortium ...