The Army's research facility includes a permafrost tunnel — about a third of a mile long — that has Ice Age-era animal bones jutting out from the walls.

Thawing permafrost can shift erosion rates ... between lake area and the extent of intact permafrost varies across Alaska, the researchers used images taken nearly daily at 10-meter resolution ...

The frozen soil in Alaska known as permafrost is gradually thawing in many areas because the Arctic region is “warming at a ...

Permafrost temperatures globally have been rising for half a century. On Alaska’s North Slope, they spiked 11 degrees Fahrenheit in 30 years. Localized thawing of permafrost, especially in ...

As the name suggests, permafrost was long considered to be permanent. But more recently, researchers have come to realize ...

From unstable slopes to rock falls, thawing permafrost will have many consequences for mountain regions, including the Swiss ...

By documenting Alaska's lakes and ponds in unprecedented detail, Levenson and colleagues show where and how water bodies can signal underlying permafrost thaw, providing a step toward a ...

Alaska, that concluded last year required engineers to excavate warm permafrost while maintaining the integrity of the hangar’s foundation. The reality of increased permafrost thaw in the north ...