It’s evidence that permafrost, the long-frozen soil below the surface, is thawing. That’s bad news for the communities built above it – and for the global climate. Permafrost is perennially ...

Permafrost — the permanently frozen ground that underlies much of the Arctic land surface — is thawing in many parts of the Arctic. [1] As permafrost thaws, it releases the powerful greenhouse gas ...

As permafrost laced with buried ice thaws, the ground collapses, forming craters or lakes. This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sergey Zimov, right ...

As the climate warms and Arctic permafrost thaws, some of the toxic elements locked away in it are starting to emerge and could contaminate the water supplies that many northern communities rely on.

The pipeline will be buried in a trench, mostly in permafrost.' And we looked at each other in sort of a manner of disbelief." — Art Lachenbruch, U.S. Geological Survey Art Lachenbruch was a ...

A nation nobody wants According to Biasi, the time to act to limit global warming is now. If we do too little, the thawing of permafrost soils will accelerate global warming enormously. By 2100 ...

Mercury can be toxic and cause severe health consequences in high concentrations. Melting permafrost could also lead to other ecological consequences that threaten humans and the ecosystem.

In Permafrost, exploration, resourcefulness, and crafting are the order of the day as players construct intricate shelters from scrap, cultivate crops to stave off hunger, and harness the power of ...

They propose that permafrost strengthens banks and lowers migration rates, because ice must be melted before erosion can occur 4. The observed rates along the Koyukuk indicate that permafrost ...

Permafrost is different. Rather than the woodland, you’re fighting for your life amid the frozen ruins of what were once sprawling cities. Make sure you’ve wrapped up warm, because the Steam ...