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 ...

The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this ...

"Carbon cycling in the permafrost region is really starting to change," Virkkala said. "Our study may act as a warning sign of bigger changes ahead, and offers a map of places we'll need to better ...

And now we have the capability to track and map carbon processes ... Project for Permafrost Pathways: Connecting Science, People, and Policy for Arctic Justice and Global Climate.

The Icy Wilderness Under Threat The Arctic and Antarctic are two of the most unique and fragile ecosystems on our planet.

Its permanently frozen ground, called permafrost, stores more than half of all the carbon stored in the Earth’s soil, which has accumulated over thousands of years. This map shows the Arctic’s ...

The map is presented at a scale of 1 to 2,500,000 and shows the correlation of physiographic province to presence of permafrost across the state of Alaska. The digital data were prepared under the U.S ...

Connected to the sensor unit is a primary computer for processing and a global navigation satellite ... Tiling the mosaics created large 3D maps where permafrost melting could be visually observed ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

There is a “mismatch” between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

The top 10 methane-emitting sites in the world release 28.8 million tonnes of the gas per year, say experts at the University of Bremen in Germany.

The researcher, a specialist in mining anthropology and the Arctic, explains how Greenland intends to make use of the US ...