For the first time since the 1950s, researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are studying how permafrost affects ...

Permafrost usually hits the news as a hazard; a planetary risk. When this ice-rich ground thaws, it damages roads and ...

Scientists have long assumed that a thick, solid mass of permafrost underpins all of Alaska like the sturdy foundation of a house, stretching from the tundra to the and below the seafloor. But in a ...

A spreading degradation of permafrost will also create challenges for new construction and maintenance of existing buildings and other infrastructure. The scientists analyzed ground temperature data ...

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Permafrost thaw is expected to impose costs of $37 billion to $51 billion to Alaska roads and buildings through the middle of the century, according to a newly published study. The calculated toll, ...

Tracking permafrost thaw in Alaska | Alaska Insight A new program called Permafrost Pathways has a dual aim of measuring greenhouse gas emissions and supporting community adaptation ideas. Lori ...

Scientists long thought that the ground beneath the northern coasts of Alaska was permanently frozen. That was good news; permafrost stores large amounts of carbon, methane and other planet-warming ...

More areas of year-round unfrozen ground have begun dotting Interior and Northwest Alaska and will continue to increase in extent due to climate change, according to new research. More areas of ...