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UAF Scientists Find New Indicators of Alaska Permafrost Thawing

More areas of year-round unfrozen ground have begun dotting Interior and Northwest Alaska and will continue to increase in extent due to climate change, according…

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Mapping Reveals Rapid Changes to the Arctic Seafloor As Ancient Submerged Permafrost Thaws

Across the Arctic, numerous peer-reviewed studies show that thawing permafrost creates unstable land which negatively impacts important infrastructure and impacts Indigenous communities. Across the Arctic,…

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Siberia’s Permafrost Erosion Has Been Worsening for Years

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Beavers are gnawing away at the Arctic permafrost, and that’s bad for the planet

The beaver may be an unlikely agent of climate change, but the cuddly-looking creatures are transforming the Arctic landscape in a way that could be…

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