Internet Cables Offer an Unusual View of Thawing Permafrost

Fiber-optic cables buried in the seafloor off Alaska are helping scientists study the thawing of underwater permafrost, which could release greenhouse gases ... Read More

Permafrost is thawing so quickly in the Arctic it's leaving sinkholes - CBS News

Rapidly thawing permafrost in the Arctic has scientists worried. According to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, the ice that holds the soil together is melting ... Read More

Dangers posed by Alaska's rapidly thawing permafrost- Jeff Glor - CBS News - CBS News

Alaska's thawing permafrost would effectively double that figure. The best view of permafrost does come from underground, in a 50-year-old tunnel built and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of ... Read More

Permafrost thaw exacerbates climate change - ScienceDaily

Permafrost thaw exacerbates climate change Date: March 21, 2014 Source: Woods Hole Research Center Summary: Growing season gains do not offset carbon emissions from permafrost thaw, new research ... Read More

Climate Change: Thawing Permafrost A Triple-threat - Barron's

Thawing Arctic permafrost laden with billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases not only threatens the region's critical infrastructure but life across the planet, according a comprehensive scientific ... Read More

Thawing permafrost could lead to rises in methane emissions - BGR

If all of that permafrost were to thin out and eventually melt, it could raise global temperatures even more, causing other permafrost in the area to thaw, too, releasing the methane trapped within. Read More

Stream water study detects thawing permafrost - Phys.org

Monitoring changes in permafrost is difficult with current methods, but a study by University of Michigan researchers offers a new approach to assessing the extent of the problem. Read More

Arctic permafrost is thawing rapidly. It affects us all | CNN

Permafrost thaw gets less attention than the headline-hogging shrinking of glaciers and ice sheets, but scientists said that needs to change — and fast. “Permafrost is like the dirty cousin to ... Read More

Protecting northern water supplies from toxic metals in thawing permafrost - MSN

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. Read More

An Arctic Hamlet Is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost

Tuktoyaktuk itself now stands face to face with the Arctic Ocean’s increasingly angry Beaufort Sea, and rests atop 1,300 feet to 1,600 feet of thawing permafrost threatening to sink it. Read More

Thawing Alaskan permafrost is unleashing more mercury, confirming worst fears of scientists - MSN

Previously, researchers thought that thawing permafrost released a minimum of 40 kilograms of mercury per square kilometer, or up to 150, a huge range that left a lot of room for uncertainty. Read More

'Zombie’ viruses are thawing from melting permafrost in Russia - The Washington Post

The thawing of the permafrost due to climate change may expose a vast store of ancient viruses, according to a team of European researchers, who say they have found 13 previously unknown pathogens ... Read More