Thawing permafrost can shift erosion rates, vegetation growth, and soil permeability, which can cause lakes to form, grow, and drain. To examine how the relationship between lake area and the ...

My 500-Mile Journey Across Alaska’s Thawing Arctic. Dec. 15, 2024. ... Our destination was the glacial Walker Lake, which stretches 14 miles through Gates of the Arctic National Park.

One such lake is Big Trail Lake in Alaska. "This lake wasn't here 50 years ago," said Katey Walter Anthony, an ecologist at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks in a NASA statement.

Alaska’s permafrost is thawing, releasing a concerning amount of mercury “It has that sense of a bomb that’s going to go off.” by Anita Hofshneider August 28, 2024 September 3, 2024 ...

Alaska Native communities have been raising the alarm for years, warning that thawing permafrost and erosion threaten their ability to stay on the land where their families have lived for generations.

Why It Matters. June marks the thaw and breakup season for most of Alaska. Though unusual, June snowfall is not unprecedented in the Brooks Range, which features elevations exceeding 4,000 feet.

Wilson Twitchell's house is sinking. Twitchell and his wife, Bertha, are raising seven children in their small home in Kasigluk, a Yup'ik village of about 450 people in Southwest Alaska.

Climate change is threatening many Alaska Native villages. Advocates are calling for a major overhaul of federal policy. Thawing permafrost threatens Alaska's rural villages. And time is running ...