Both the Argentine and the Chilean governments recognize permafrost as a strategic freshwater reserve which, in times of ...

What is Permafrost? Permafrost is a fascinating geological phenomenon, consisting of ground that remains frozen for at least ...

A study has found that as climate change causes the Arctic permafrost to melt, pathogens may awaken and damage crops. The ...

Climate change played a key role in the 'catastrophic' 2023 floods in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India, a new study ...

A new paper reveals what lies ahead for the fastest-warming region on Earth. In 2024, the global average air temperature ...

Thawing permafrost threatens up to three million people in Arctic regions. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250116133819.htm ...

A new review paper, led by NSIDC senior research scientist Julienne Stroeve and published in Science on February 6, 2025, ...

While this study focused on CO₂ fluxes on land, other recent results that count CO 2 and methane (CH 4) emissions from lakes, rivers, and wetlands also found the permafrost region to be a carbon ...

The widespread permafrost in this region, where soils currently store twice as much carbon as the atmosphere, is thawing. Scientists are using increasingly detailed climate models to investigate ...

Earth passed the 1.5°C warming limit in 2024. The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world.