Permafrost is thawing due to climate change and the subsequent rise in global temperatures. Arctic and subarctic regions are warming at roughly twice the global average, and as snow and ice melt ...

Both are caused by a warming global climate. But exactly how these two types of permafrost thaw affect landscapes and local communities, as well as how much additional carbon dioxide and methane they ...

Climate change has already begun to instigate environment-altering effects around the world ... the permafrost region is really starting to change,” Virkkala said. “Our study may act as a warning sign ...

With permafrost, there’s just too much we can’t see. It covers an area more than twice the size of the United States, inhabited by half as many people as New York City, in some of the world ...