A drone photo shows researchers at a point bar in Huslia in 2022 as part of a multi-year project to examine carbon and mercury levels in eroding river banks. (Madison Douglas) It’s long been clear ...

Pep Canadell receives funding from the National Environment Science Program - Climate Systems Hub. Gustaf Hugelius has received funding form the European Union Horizon Europe program, the Swedish ...

Melting permafrost in Alaska is releasing dangerous levels of mercury. Image: Galyna Andrushko/Shutterstock Alaska’s permafrost is melting and revealing high levels of mercury that could threaten ...

How does climate change influence the speed that Arctic coastal regions are retreating? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address as ...

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities. Something is rotten in the city of Nunapitchuk. In recent ...

Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when. The Great Read Canada is losing its permafrost to climate ...

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, ...

“Deep below the glistening surface of a frozen Arctic lake, something is bubbling—something that could cause global warming to accelerate beyond all previous projections… Now the freezer door is ...

Scientists have made a worrisome discovery in their exploration of Arctic sea ice in Alaska. Deep down in the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility — a research site stretching over 350 feet long and 50 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Beneath the Arctic tundra lies a biological time capsule of ...