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Alaska's lakes and ponds reveal effects of permafrost thaw
but they are among the first to describe how a lake's response to ongoing thaw depends on its geologic history. The researchers say the dataset they produced, which they call the Alaska Lake and ...
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Alaska’s Thaw Reveals—and Threatens—a Culture’s Artifacts
As one balmy day follows another, the permafrost is thawing almost everywhere. Matthew W. Chwastyk, NGM Staff. Sources: Alaska Heritage Resources Survey, Alaska Department of Natural Resources ...
As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for millions − World Day for Glaciers carries a reminder
A glacial lake outburst flood in the Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60-meter) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time the ...
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AROUND ALASKA: Mat-Su Advisory, Dock Update, and Athletes Shine!
Drivers warned to avoid muddy Mat-Su Valley roads. Public comments open for the proposed 500-mile Alaska Long Trail. Halibut ...
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Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all.
On Alaska’s North Slope, they spiked 11 degrees Fahrenheit in 30 years. Localized thawing of permafrost ... and moss and sitting in a waist-high lake surrounded by marsh. The water had been ...
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Thermokarst lakes are frozen lakes you can light on fire
If you stab this frozen lake in the right place ... is causing the permafrost to thaw for the first time in thousands of years. Since the 1980s, permafrost in Alaska has warmed by one and a ...