Scientists have found evidence that the Asian continent was free of permafrost all the way to its northerly coast with the ...

Cave data shows the Arctic was permafrost-free when Earth was 4.5˚C warmer, hinting at what rising temperatures could bring.

KANDERSTEG, Switzerland (Reuters) -In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a ...

Permafrost is frozen ground — which can include sand, soil, or rocks— that stays frozen for at least two years straight. It can be on land, but it can also be found under the ocean. Some ...

Author Ben Weissenbach explores and documents Alaska’s shifting biology and brings characters to life in “North to the Future ...

When permafrost thaws under a lake, microbes decompose organic material and convert it to methane. Anthony is known for cutting holes in the ice and lighting the gas. When permafrost thaws under a ...

"My grandson, he stepped off the boardwalk and he went knee deep." Communities across US struggle with new threats emerging ...

Donald Niedekker’s “Strange and Perfect Account From the Permafrost” offers an ambitious view of human history and is full of ...

Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region’s permafrost — a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground — and potentially stirring viruses that, after lying dormant for tens of ...

The permafrost has been stable for up to 1,000 years. What it could release was a key topic for permafrost experts, microbiologists, virologists, data scientists, ...

On land, thawing permafrost has led to radical shifts in the Arctic landscape, including ground collapses, the formation and disappearance of lakes, the emergence of mounds called pingos, ...