Construction of the Alaska Highway officially commenced on April ... This time, they were stymied by a long stretch of permafrost, semi-frozen ground that can thaw and turn into mud with a ...

An international team, led by researchers at Stockholm University with NASA co-authors, found that from 2000 to 2020, carbon ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team conducted perhaps the first long-term observation of CO2 budget in a permafrost forest. During the 20 years from 2003-2022, the team uncovered ...

Instead, in Alaska, depending on soil conditions ... At these locations, pipe had to be buried in the permafrost to avoid getting in the way of the highway or animal migration as well as a ...

In perhaps the first long-term study of CO2 fluxes in northern forests growing on permafrost, an Osaka Metropolitan ...

Permafrost temperatures globally have been rising for half a century. On Alaska’s North Slope, they spiked 11 degrees Fahrenheit in 30 years. Localized thawing of permafrost, especially in ...

The plan stems from over a year of data crunching and gathering information from regional ferry groups and the public.

As the climate warms and Arctic permafrost thaws, some of the toxic elements locked away in it are starting to emerge and ...

At least 75 of Alaska's brooks and streams have been turning a dirty orange likely due to thawing permafrost, with some rivers so impacted that the discoloration can be seen via satellite ...

Boreal forests and Arctic tundra are underlain by millions of square kilometers of permafrost, and scientists are still unsure of how the thawing of this long-frozen soil will affect the climate.

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team conducted perhaps the first long-term observation of CO2 budget in a permafrost forest. During the ...