Two cores from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf reveal how microbial communities develop over thousands of years as submarine permafrost slowly thaws.
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Engineering New Foundations for a Thawing Arctic
Researchers experiment with new building supports to prepare the Arctic for rapid shifts in permafrost and ground stability.
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Greenland Fires Ignite Climate Change Fears
The fires are stoking worries about the vast island’s thawing permafrost.
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Climate Change Could Make Siberia an Attractive Place to Live
Although anticipated warmer temperatures promise to render the region more comfortable for people, the transformation might turn permafrost areas into inhospitable bogs.
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Resolving a Methane Mystery in the Arctic
International Workshop to Reconcile Methane Budgets in the Northern Permafrost Region; Seattle, Washington, 7–9 March 2017
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Thawing Permafrost: Monitored, Quantified, Predicted
With thawing permafrost projected to release significant amounts of carbon in response to climate change, one of the editors of JGR: Biogeosciences reflects on the slew of recent papers in this field.
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Modeling Permafrost's Role in the Global Carbon Cycle
A team of international scientists surveyed an array of Earth ecosystem models, recommending several ways to reduce uncertainties.
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Arctic Permafrost Thaw Would Amplify Climate Change
An international team probed Arctic permafrost samples to better understand the carbon feedback loop that could be set off by future thawing.
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Andrew G. Slater (1971–2016)
Andrew "Drew" Slater, land modeler extraordinaire, died on 9 September 2016. He was 44 years old.
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Map Reveals Hot Spots for Arctic Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By bringing together data on permafrost stability, soils, and other Arctic conditions, scientists have plotted where permafrost is vulnerable to collapse, which could release long-stored carbon.