by faster | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: McGill University and Nature Climate Change DATE: October 30, 2019 SNIP: Researchers from McGill University project that as the permafrost continues to degrade, the climate in various regions of the Arctic could potentially change abruptly, in the relatively...
by faster | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Siberian Times DATE: October 28, 2019 SNIP: Unexpectedly high level of subsea permafrost degradation was recorded by a Russian-led scientific expedition that spent more than a month in the seas of the eastern Arctic. A record high methane gas emission in a...
by faster | Jun 14, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Weather.com DATE: June 14, 2019 SNIP: Scientists studying climate change expected layers of permafrost in the Canadian Arctic to melt by the year 2090. Instead, it’s happening now. A new study published this week in the journal Geophysical Research...
by faster | Jun 14, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 14, 2019 SNIP: A city in western Alaska has lost a huge stretch of riverbank to erosion that may turn it into an island, amid renewed warnings from scientists over the havoc triggered by the accelerating melting of the state’s ice and...
by faster | Jun 6, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Harvard Gazette DATE: June 6, 2019 SNIP: About a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere is covered in permafrost. Now, it turns out these permanently frozen beds of soil, rock, and sediment are actually not so permanent: They’re thawing at an increasing rate....