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 ...

Among the many things global warming will be melting this century—sea ice, land glaciers and tourist businesses in seaside towns across the world—is permafrost. Lying underneath 15% of the northern ...

Melting permafrost in Alaska is releasing dangerous levels of mercury. Image: Galyna Andrushko/Shutterstock Alaska’s permafrost is melting and revealing high levels of mercury that could threaten ...

Elevating safety is the priority. Researchers sound alarm on growing hazards at popular tourism spots: '[Tourists] may behave ...

Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when. The Great Read Canada is losing its permafrost to climate ...

Permafrost covers roughly 25 percent of exposed land surface in the Northern hemisphere, and it plays a vital role in locking away carbon and toxic metals like mercury. A new study says that a looming ...

Over the past 30 years, the depth of seasonal thawing of the upper permafrost layer in Russia has increased from 45 to 70 cm, ...

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 ...

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