The Martian permafrost may be hiding veins of habitable liquid water
NASA’s Phoenix Lander’s solar panel and robotic arm with a sample in the scoopNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of…
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Melting permafrost makes ‘drunken forests’ store less carbon
A drunken forest in Alaska, where trees are tilting or collapsing to the ground due…
There’s more mercury in melting Arctic permafrost than we thought
Alaska’s permafrost is melting and revealing high levels of mercury that could threaten Alaska Native…
What your gut has in common with Arctic permafrost, and why it’s a troubling sign for climate change
Every time you eat a blueberry, the microbiome in your gut gets to work. Bacterial…
Arctic permafrost is now a net source of major greenhouse gases
A crater formed by thawing permafrost in RussiaPadi Prints/Troy TV Stock/Alamy Areas of permanently frozen…
Sea of methane sealed beneath Arctic permafrost could trigger climate feedback loop if it escapes
Deep beneath the permafrost that blankets a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean lurks…
Internet Cables Offer an Unusual View of Thawing Permafrost
December 19, 20233 min readFiber-optic cables buried in the seafloor off Alaska are helping scientists…