Thawing permafrost is a major climate risk due to the associated release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). However, new research by a team led by Prof. Yang Yuanhe from the ...

Arctic scientists, engineers and residents are all affected by permafrost thaw, but the lens through which they look at it is different. For scientists, it’s about understanding the process of thawing ...

New NASA-funded research has discovered that Arctic permafrost’s expected gradual thawing and the associated release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere may actually be sped up by instances of a ...

But that's only one possible future for the vast stores of carbon locked in the formerly perennially frozen but now-thawing ground in the Arctic. Using over a decade of synthesis science and ...

A new publication and interactive map summarise the current state of knowledge on the risks posed by permafrost soils – and call for decisive action How is climate change affecting the permanently ...

There could be something big lurking in the Earth's permafrost. As the planet continues to warm, scientists fear a host of deadly diseases will be unleashed from the frozen earth, after lying dormant ...

Every time you eat a blueberry, the microbiome in your gut gets to work. Bacterial enzymes attack the organic compounds of the fruit: a burbling, gurgling digestive process that can, often to our ...

This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Around 20,000 years ago, the world was so frigid that massive glaciers sucked up enough ...

KRASNOYARSK, May 17. /TASS/. Russian scientists found that diesels fuel spills in the permafrost conditions are processed by soil microorganisms reducing the contamination process and having an impact ...

How is climate change affecting the permanently frozen soils of the Arctic? What will the consequences be for the global climate, human beings, and ecosystems? And what can be done to stop it? A new ...