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The Race Is On to Save the Alps’ Famous Huts and Trails as Melting Permafrost Threatens to Destroy Them

Hiking will always be a part of life in the Alps, but climate change has made navigating high-alpine routes more complicated ...
Alaska Public Media

Ancient Alaska microbes' thaw helps understanding of climate change feedback loop

Robyn Barbato, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, drills into subsurface permafrost at the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Fox, Alaska.
Nature

Permafrost warming

This Collection welcomes original research on the impact of climate change on permafrost and associated communities and ecosystems, including but not limited to, observational studies or models with a ...
Live Science

Global warming is forcing Earth's systems toward 'doom loop' tipping points. Can we avoid them?

Earth may be on the verge of crossing several climate change tipping points that could have irreversible and devastating consequences. Here's everything you need to know about these "points of no ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

The Unusual Connection Between Beavers, Permafrost And Climate Change

Blame it on the beavers: The industrious, buck-toothed rodents are inadvertently contributing to climate change. The Unusual Connection Between Beavers, Permafrost And Climate Change Blame it on the ...
Rutland Herald

Permafrost methane called global warming 'time bomb'

WASHINGTON — Global warming gases trapped in the soil are bubbling out of the thawing permafrost in amounts far higher than previously thought and may trigger what researchers warn is a climate time ...