GoDanRiver.com12h
With objective look, Danville Science Center exhibit dives into climate impacts
On a recent morning at the Danville Science Center, students on a field trip put together structures only to see the ground ...
Alaska Beacon7d
Alaska regulators seek to fine ConocoPhillips nearly $1 million for underground gas ‘blowout’
Permafrost thaw played a role in the gas release, the AOGCC investigation noted. A thaw bulb beneath the drill site “created a pathway” for gas to escape into the atmosphere, it said. The affected ...
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Thawing permafrost is becoming an enormous source of global warming
Thawing Arctic permafrost releases stored greenhouse gases, transforming the region from a carbon sink to a net source of ...
Thawing permafrost is affecting climate, but it's unclear by how much
Boreal forests and Arctic tundra are underlain by millions of square kilometers of permafrost, and scientists are still ...
Protecting northern water supplies from toxic metals in thawing permafrost
As the climate warms and Arctic permafrost thaws, some of the toxic elements locked away in it are starting to emerge and ...
EurekAlert!10d
NASA helps find thawing permafrost adds to near-term global warming
An international team, led by researchers at Stockholm University with NASA co-authors, found that from 2000 to 2020, carbon ...
The Conversation3d
The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much
The frozen ground beneath these “boreal” forests and treeless plains or “tundra” is thawing, fast. That’s a problem because the permafrost holds enormous amounts of vulnerable carbon ...