Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Calgary researchers discovered in the Northwest Territories what they believe is some of the most acidic natural water in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A team of Chinese scientists has released their findings after studying how thaw slumps in permafrost regions ...

Climate warming is 3 to 4 times faster in the Arctic than the global average. Permafrost – soil frozen for at least two ...

Thawing permafrost is a major climate risk due to the associated release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). However, new research by a team led by Prof. YANG Yuanhe from the ...

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities. Something is rotten in the city of Nunapitchuk. In recent ...

The massive Red Dog mine is grappling with a problem that’s spreading across the Arctic: thawing permafrost. A glimpse of the mine’s challenges emerged in 2020, when its operator said efforts to ...

When scientists Patrick Sullivan and Roman Dial were heading to a remote area in the Brooks Range in 2019 to map the spread of woody plants there, they were looking forward to seeing a celebrated ...

The land in Alaska, Canada and Siberia is changing significantly along with a warmer climate because of the collapse of permafrost. It's not happening everywhere, yet, and the permafrost in many areas ...

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between ice ages and interglacial periods. A new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that an unexpectedly large proportion ...

While you may have heard of permafrost, what is it exactly? The term permafrost refers to ground that has stayed at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of two years. It varies in how thick it ...