A sweeping new study reveals that as Arctic permafrost thaws, it is dramatically reshaping rivers and releasing vast amounts of ancient carbon that had been locked away for thousands of years. By ...

University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher and professor Mike Rawlins looks on near an Arctic river. (Mike Rawlins/University of Massachusetts Amherst). (CN) — The frozen worlds at the poles of ...

A Wisconsin-sized region of frozen soil is thawing fast, releasing three trillion more gallons of water per year than it did just four decades ago And in Alaska, the loop seems to be speeding up. In a ...

Geoscientists Michael Rawlins, analyzed 44 years of data. (Mike Rawlins via SWNS) By Stephen Beech An area of Alaskan permafrost the size of Greece is thawing, reveals new research. Arctic and global ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

Experiments by University of Leeds researchers, published in Earth's Future, have shown that thawing of permafrost makes it between 25 and 100 times more permeable, allowing more climate change ...

The structure of the plant communities that grow on the thawing permafrost in the Arctic is changing, with grasses displacing slower-growing shrubs. Although these grasses bind more carbon dioxide ...

Don't miss the Weather and Biomes Trailer for Permafrost, an open-world survival crafting game developed by SpaceRocket Games. Players will get the rundown on the diverse types of weather and biomes ...

Take a look at the latest teaser for Permafrost, where exploration, resourcefulness, and crafting are the order of the day as players construct intricate shelters from scrap, cultivate crops to stave ...

Reporter Paul Linnman and photographer Doug Brazil visited the Oregon Coast on November 12, 1970 during what eventually became known as the Exploding Whale Incident. (KATU) FLORENCE, Ore. (Amazing ...

The devastating wildfires in northern Canada in recent years have climate consequences that go far beyond smoke and carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, according to a new study co-authored by ...