The impact of permafrost zones on the global climate is estimated using a global climate model that parameterizes the interactive fluctuations of climate and greenhouse gases {GHGs). This study ...

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Studies in Svalbard have shown that methane is migrating beneath the permafrost. While lowland regions have ice-rich permafrost which acts as an effective seal to the gas, highland regions with less ...

A Swiss village was buried under a mountain. This town could be next. In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

The alarming rate at which planet earth is warming is playing havoc with the once pristine natural environments such as the Swiss Alps where permafrost is the warmest since records ...

Drunken Trees: Dramatic Signs of Climate Change As the permafrost melts in the north, forests no longer grow straight.

Permafrost underlies approximately a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere and is changing amidst a warming climate. Thawed permafrost can enter water bodies through top-down thaw, thermokarst erosion, ...

The aquatic chemistry and flow rates in Interior Alaska’s streams are shifting in response to thawing permafrost and increased rainfall, a new study reports. The study authors found that ...

Mummified remains of two 14,000-year-old puppies, with their fur and stomach contents intact, may be wolf cubs, according to new research.