The frozen ground beneath our feet holds secrets from thousands of years past. These permanently frozen soils, known as permafrost, cover nearly a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere's land surface.

Picture a deep freezer suddenly failing on a hot summer day. What happens to everything inside? Now imagine that freezer is the size of Alaska, has been running for thousands of years, and contains ...

Thawing permafrost buried underneath rivers may be accelerating permafrost degradation faster than previously estimated in these inundated regions, according to new research shared at the 2026 SSA ...

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 ...

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities. Something is rotten in the city of Nunapitchuk. In recent ...

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 ...

While you may have heard of permafrost, what is it exactly? The term permafrost refers to ground that has stayed at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of two years. It varies in how thick it ...

Monday 30 March 2026 | For immediate release | Peer-reviewed. Experiments by University of Leeds researchers, published in AGU journal Earth’s Future, have shown that thawing of permafrost makes it ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Edward Alexander, the senior arctic lead at the Woodwell Climate Research ...

The USACE Permafrost Tunnel in Fox, Alaska. The tunnel is a unique research facility providing scientists and engineers with an unparalleled opportunity to study permafrost. U.S. Army Corps of ...