How climate change is thawing the ‘glue that holds the northern landscape together’ in Arctic Canada
In one of the coldest places in Canada, Steve Kokelj is searching for Arctic thaw. He’s driving the great Dempster
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Permafrost degradation spreads in Canadian High Arctic
Polar deserts in Canada’s High Arctic are undergoing rapid changes as increases in summer air temperatures lead to permafrost thaw,
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Northwestern Canada: How scientists discovered summers are hottest in over 13,000 years
It was a warm day in late June 2013, and Trevor Porter was up the Dempster Highway, just past Tombstone
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Canadian Arctic is warmest it’s been in 10,000 years: study
New research suggests Canada’s Arctic is the warmest it has been in 10,000 years — and the temperatures are still
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Transport Canada pledges funding for permafrost research
Scientists working in Canada’s North are getting more funds to study thawing permafrost and its effects, especially when it comes
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New climate report predicts extreme warming for Arctic Svalbard by 2100
A new grim climate report outlines how thawing permafrost combined with more heavy rainfall will trigger landslides and coastal erosion
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Moscow tries to adapt to a fast-warming Arctic
A global heatwave is gaining force and the Russian government appears to acknowledge that its Arctic will be among the
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Thawing permafrost melts ground under homes and around Global Seed Vault in Svalbard
Houses are sagging in Longyearbyen and the unstable ground around the famous seed vault is now frozen artificially while the
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Arctic coastal town of Dikson is fastest-warming place in Russia
The town of Dikson and the surrounding Taymyr Peninsula, in Russia’s central Arctic, has the most rapid temperature increase in
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Permafrost thawing under Arctic lakes warming climate faster than expected, says study
Permafrost that’s thawing deep under some Arctic lakes is speeding up climate warming. That’s according to a recent study led
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Canadian study shows wildfires speeding up permafrost thaw
As wildfires are growing larger across northern Canada a new study suggests they’re causing permafrost to thaw faster. The study
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Gas pipelines threatened by methane explosions on Russian tundra
Gas pipes supplying Europe run right over swelling Yamal tundra which is deeply unstable to the release of underground methane.
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‘The permafrost is dying’: Alaska city sees increased shifting of roads and buildings
BETHEL — Along the main thoroughfare here, drivers brake for warped asphalt. Houses sink unevenly into the ground. Walls crack and
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Alaska looks for help fighting ‘blob’ oozing toward Dalton Highway
In a race against time, state transportation officials plan to move a nearly mile-long section of the Dalton Highway so it
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Climate-driven Arctic permafrost thaw will dramatically alter northern landscapes: study
Rapid climate-driven permafrost thaw in huge swaths of the Arctic will dramatically change northern landscapes in the same way landscapes
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