U of A researchers want to know how much carbon is being released from melting permafrost

Permafrost is thawing in our warming climate, releasing carbon which in turn feeds into climate change. But we don’t yet know ...
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Permafrost thaw awakens 48,500-year-old pathogen—oldest virus on Earth brought back to life

Scientists in Siberia have brought back to life a virus that stayed frozen in permafrost for 48,500 years. They pulled it from the ancient ice, thawed it in a secure lab, and watched it infect amoebae ...

University of Alberta researchers looking to quantify climate change impact of carbon released from permafrost

Permafrost holds thousands of years worth of microorganisms and carbon, and as it thaws in our warming climate, it releases ...
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Thawing permafrost is roiling the Arctic landscape, driven by a hidden world of changes beneath the surface as the climate warms

Permafrost and ice wedges have built up over millennia in the Arctic. When they thaw, they destabilize the surrounding landscape. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images Across ...
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How much permafrost will melt this century, and where will its carbon go?

Among the many things global warming will be melting this century—sea ice, land glaciers and tourist businesses in seaside towns across the world—is permafrost. Lying underneath 15% of the northern ...
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The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much

Spruce and birch trees are seen tilting along the edge Stevens Pond on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus on Sept. 18, 2022. The trees and the pond are atop permafrost that is thawing; thaw has ...
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Earth Talk – Is the permafrost melting

Dear EarthTalk: How is melting permafrost affecting communities in the Arctic and beyond? -- William James, Barre, VT In the northern regions of the world, a great change is taking place. Permafrost, ...
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Permafrost in Name Only — Thaw Adds to Warming

The permafrost capping the top of the world is irreversibly thawing and within two decades will release more carbon than it now absorbs, scientists calculate in a new study that makes this dire ...
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An Arctic Hamlet is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost

TUKTOYAKTUK, Canada — On the shore of Lake Tiktalik in Canada’s Western Arctic, the thawing permafrost had set off two huge landslides into the water, leaving yawning craters on the tundra. These ...
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Why Arctic Permafrost Is Thawing — and How it Affects the Whole Planet

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
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Thawing permafrost is roiling the Arctic landscape, driven by a hidden world of changes

Across the Arctic, strange things are happening to the landscape. Massive lakes, several square miles in size, have disappeared in the span of a few days. Hillsides slump. Ice-rich ground collapses, ...