For more general information, see our Citation Policies. This data set consists of a geo-referenced digital map and attribute data derived from the publication 'Permafrost map of Alaska'. The map is ...

Ecologist Christina Biasi is exploring the conditions under which tiny organisms contribute to permafrost soils emitting nitrous oxide. Her research could be essential for the development of ...

A nation nobody wants According to Biasi, the time to act to limit global warming is now. If we do too little, the thawing of permafrost soils will accelerate global warming enormously. By 2100 ...

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Permafrost and ice wedges have built up over millennia in the Arctic. When they thaw, they destabilize the surrounding landscape. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images ...

It goes like this: beneath the ground is thick permafrost — a jumble of soil, rocks and sediment held together by ice. Underneath this sits a layer of “methane hydrates,” a solid form of ...

That’s a problem because the permafrost holds enormous amounts of vulnerable carbon, more than twice as much carbon as is already present in the atmosphere. Some of that carbon is now on the move.

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A few decades ago, it was established that the farthest corners of our planet had conserved carbon in frozen permafrost for many years. However, recent studies led by experts at NASA suggest that ...